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On seeing the Mona Lisa in the flesh, many people complain of their disappointment at the painting’s size. There is a theory that the canvas was once much larger than its present dimensions. What appears to be a balcony behind Lisa del Giocondo is said to [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] be recognizable as part of a window in a stone building, with various objects around to suggest that it is in fact an early lighthouse: navigational aids, nautical equipment, olive oil (to fuel the lantern) and a painting of an actual lighthouse.
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It is not known why [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] anyone would benefit from concealing historical facts in this way, but the chilling evidence that someone did indeed wish to hide the additional parts of the Mona Lisa (or at least the idea of them) came in 2002 when Professor Donaldson of CambridgeUniversity was murdered. The previous year he had provisionally outlined the above theories to the world, adding that he would bring together his years of research in a revelatory book on the subject, called ‘Mona’s Missing Parts’. Unfortunately the book was never released, and most of the alleged evidence for his assertions remains hidden. Professor Donaldson was an admired academic in his sixties who lived in rural Cambridgeshire with his four dogs. The only theory offered to explain his killing is that someone saw the release of his book as an event that had to be prevented at all costs.
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It’s unknown why Da Vinci chose to depict the lighthouse, but even more mysterious is why [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] anyone would wish to erase [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] this fact from history. It has been alleged that when Vincenzo Peruggia stole the Mona Lisa in 1911 the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] canvas was tampered with, but photographs predating the theft clearly [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] show the painting to be the same size it is today. No photographic evidence exists to corroborate the theory of the larger Mona Lisa, so it can only be assumed that, if it is true, the canvas must [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] have been cropped [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] before the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] advent of photography. Sketches by Leonardo exist which show a sitting figure with the unmistakable smile of Lisa del Giocondo, in a spacious room filled with objects similar to those mentioned above, but even if [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] it were proven that these were first [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] attempts at the Mona Lisa it [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] does not mean that the finished piece looked the same.
I am now researching this subject with a view to understanding whether there is any truth in Professor Donaldson’s theories and why, regardless of their validity, the fact that they were going to be made public resulted in cold-blooded murder. I have only accounts of conversations he had with others about his ideas, rather than Donaldson’s own writings, and there is barely any other information about his Mona Lisa project except for reports of his death that mention it in passing (the only extended coverage was on BBC News 24, which first alerted me to this whole matter).
While the landscape in the background is clearly imaginary, the building is believed to be based on a construction in the real world. It is most likely the Torre [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] della Lanterna of Genoa (built in 1128) since it is alleged that the Genoese coat of arms is also visible in the original Mona Lisa. [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] Why Da Vinci chose this lighthouse as the painting’s setting is unknown, but it could have something to do with one of its keepers at the time: Antonio Colombo, uncle of Christopher Columbus. The famous explorer and Da Vinci were born within a year of each other in NorthernItaly and, although it remains to be proven that they had any personal contact, it is certain they knew of one another’s work. Christopher Columbus could be the key to unlocking Leonardo’s interest in “La Lanterna”.
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