Isleworth Mona Lisa conjures new art world mystery
By JAMEY KEATENBy JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press?
?A painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci representing Mona Lisa, is displayed during a presentation in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. The Mona Lisa Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Zurich, presents a painting and historical, comparative and scientific evidence, which demonstrates that there have always been two portraits of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the 'Earlier Version,' made ten years earlier than the 'Joconde' that is displayed in Le Louvre in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Keystone, Yannick Bailly)
A painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci representing Mona Lisa, is displayed during a presentation in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. The Mona Lisa Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Zurich, presents a painting and historical, comparative and scientific evidence, which demonstrates that there have always been two portraits of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the 'Earlier Version,' made ten years earlier than the 'Joconde' that is displayed in Le Louvre in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Keystone, Yannick Bailly)
A painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci representing Mona Lisa, is displayed during a presentation in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. The Mona Lisa Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Zurich, presents a painting and historical, comparative and scientific evidence, which demonstrates that there have always been two portraits of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the 'Earlier Version,' made ten years earlier than the 'Joconde' that is displayed in Le Louvre in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Keystone, Yannick Bailly)
A painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci representing Mona Lisa, is displayed during a presentation in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Sept.27, 2012. The Mona Lisa Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Zurich, presents a painting and historical, comparative and scientific evidence, which demonstrates that there have always been two portraits of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the 'Earlier Version,' made ten years earlier than the 'Joconde' that is displayed in Le Louvre in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Keystone, Yannick Bailly)
Professor Alessandro Vezzosi, director of the "Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci", Vinci, Italy, speaks about a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci representing Mona Lisa, displayed during a presentation in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. The Mona Lisa Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Zurich, presents a painting and historical, comparative and scientific evidence, which demonstrate that there have always been two portraits of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the 'Earlier Version,' made ten years earlier than the 'Joconde' that is displayed in Le Louvre in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Keystone, Yannick Bailly)
Professor Alessandro Vezzosi, director of the "Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci", Vinci, Italy, speaks about a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci representing Mona Lisa, displayed during a presentation in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. The Mona Lisa Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Zurich, presents a painting and historical, comparative and scientific evidence, which demonstrates that there have always been two portraits of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the 'Earlier Version,' made ten years earlier than the 'Joconde' that is displayed in Le Louvre in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Keystone, Yannick Bailly)
GENEVA (AP) ? The mystery behind the most enigmatic smile in art ? Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" ? just got a little more complicated.
In a coming-out party of sorts in Geneva, flashbulbs popped Thursday as the nonprofit Mona Lisa Foundation pulled back the curtain to present what it claims is a predecessor of the world's most famous portrait.
But even experts brought in by the foundation aren't sure just yet.
The claims are certain to rekindle questions about the famed painting in Paris' Louvre Museum and shake up accepted beliefs about the artwork.
The "Isleworth Mona Lisa" features a dark-haired young woman with her arms crossed against a distant backdrop. The foundation says it's no copy but an earlier version of the Louvre masterpiece.
Associated Press
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