Scientist discovered the secret of Leonardo da Vinci
French scientist was able to learn that the legendary painting "Lady with an ermine", which is owned by the mysterious and phenomenal Leonardo da Vinci has a secret layers. On one of them there all the famous fur-bearing animal.
That picture of the popular painter Leonardo da Vinci is another layer, on which no ermine, announced scientist from France Pascal Kott. For 3 years he studied the picture with the technology of the reflected light, reports BBC News. The scientist came to find out that the artist was painting a picture in 3 stages.
It was found that the first version of the painting was depicted only woman on the second he added fur-bearing animal. On the 3rd version of the image of the animal was changed greatly. Ermine was increased in size and coloration of the hair of grey turned into white.
Before opening cotta, researchers around the world believed that the animal was in the picture from the very beginning. Taking into account the opinion of specialists of Leonardo da Vinci claimed that this discovery tells about the distinctive features of the artist's work in a work which also generates a fresh version of the appearance of the picture.
According to the generally accepted version, shown in the picture a young lady Cecilia, Gallerani - mistress of Baron of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, whose favorite was da Vinci. Together with the "Mona Lisa", "Portrait of Ginevra de Bench" and "Beautiful Ferroniere" canvas belongs to number 4 lady's portrait painted by Leonardo. Most likely, the portrait was painted in 1489-1490.
The specialists are unable to find a single opinion conditionally symbols pictures, especially the relatively significance of ermine. The most popular version is that animal fur embodies the Baron, who was a member of the order of the Ermine and included his picture in their own individual arms.
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