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Old September 28th, 2017 #1
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'Mona Lisa nude sketch' found in France


A charcoal drawing housed in another art collection for more than 150 years may have been a sketch for the Mona Lisa, a French art expert says.

The charcoal portrait of a nude woman, known as the Monna Vanna, was previously attributed only to Leonardo da Vinci's studio.

But experts have found enough clues to suggest the artist worked on both.

After tests at the Louvre Museum in Paris, curators believe the sketch is "at least in part" by Leonardo.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41436057
 
Old September 29th, 2017 #2
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The sketch looks to be a torso of a man. Enlarged rib cage, muscle development all through the arm shoulders and traps. The breast seems fake as it has no visual affects of gravity. The individual shape of any given rib cage on females has as much to do with shape and appearance of her breast as any thing else. There is an ease and confidence of drawing skill with this torso but the face seems to have caused some struggle.
My thought on OP is that two or more artists worked on this, possibly one being a student of the original author, or that the artist worked on this drawing at different periods of time that created seams of continuity. Example being that the womans right arm being far less mastery than her left.
 
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