A second Mona Lisa painted 10 years earlier by Leonardo de Vinci?

Une autre Mona Lisa peinte 10 ans plus tôt par Léonard de Vinci ?

par Yacine Sahnoune jeudi 15 janvier 2015.
L’autre Mona Lisa, 10 ans plus jeunes que celle qui est au Louvre, est actuellement exposée à Singapour © REUTERS. The other Mona Lisa, 10 years younger than that in the Louvre, currently on show in Singapour.

Un tableau de Mona Lisa, dix ans plus jeune que celle qui est au Louvre, est actuellement exposée à Singapour. Léonard de Vinci l’aurait peinte pour le mari de Mona Lisa en 1503. Un travail préparatoire pour peindre la célèbre Joconde en 1513.

A painting of Mona Lisa, six years younger than the one in the Louvre, is currently on exhibition in Singapour. Léonard de Vinci would have painted it for the husband of Mona Lisa in 1503. A preparatory work for the celebrated Jocande in 1513.

Plus jeune, plus belle, plus radieuse : un tableau représentant Mona Lisa est en ce moment exposé à Singapour. Il aurait même la marque de Léonard de Vinci. C’est ce qu’affirme la Fondation Mona Lisa : le célèbre peintre aurait fait deux Mona Lisa, à 10 ans d’intervalle. Younger, more beautiful and radiant: a painting representative of Mona Lisa is now on exhibition in Singapour. It has the same high class distinction of Léonardo de Vinci. This is confirmed by the Mona Lisa Foundation: the celebrated master would have done two Mona Lisa paintings, at a ten year interval.

L’autre Mona Lisa, à droite, est plus jeune, plus radieuse. Il y a en fait 10 ans d’écart entre les deux tableaux © Louvre. The other Mona Lisa, on the right, is younger and more radiant. there is a 10 year gap between the two paintings.

“La preuve historique montre que Léonard aurait peint cette autre Mona Lisa lorsqu’il était à Florence, en 1503”, a expliqué Joël Feldman, secrétaire général de la fondation. Un tableau à destination du “mari de Mona Lisa, un marchand florentin“. Et le peintre “en aurait fait une autre, à Rome, en 1513”. Cette dernière serait celle exposée en ce moment au Louvre, à Paris.                                                                                                                    “The historical proof suggests that Leonardo would have painted this other Mona Lisa while he was in Florence in 1503”, explained Joël Feldman, secretary general of the Foundation. One painting to be kept by “the husband of Mona Lisa, a Flontine merchant” And the painter, would have done an other in Rome in 1513″. This second one in on exhibition now in the Louvre, in Paris.

Un travail inachevé. An unfinished work.

Ce tableau montré à Singapour est plus jeune, mais il est aussi “différent“, explique Joël Feldman. “Il n’a pas la même taille que le tableau du Louvre” et “il a des colonnes ioniennes sur les deux côtés”.                                                                                                         The painting on show in Singapour is a younger girl, but it is also “different”, explained Joël Feldman. “It is not the same size as that of the Louvre painting” and “there are ionic columns on both sides”.

“Raphaël, qui était étudiant de Léonard en 1504, a fait une esquisse de ce qui se passait dans le studio de Léonard. Et il montre très clairement que la Mona Lisa que Léonard est en train de peindre a deux grosses colonnes ioniennes sur le côté. Ce qui n’est absolument pas présent dans le tableau du Louvre. Cela montre que Léonard de Vinci a peint cette autre Mona Lisa” (Joël Feldman, Fondation Mona Lisa).                            “Raphael, who was a student of Leonardo in 1504, made a sketch while he was in Leonardo’s studio. And it demonstrates very clearly that the Mona Lisa that Leonardo was painting had big ionic columns on the side. These are definitely not present in the Louvre painting. This shows that  Léonard de Vinci painted this other Mona Lisa” (Joël Feldman, Foundation Mona Lisa). 

La Fondation Mona Lisa était tellement convaincue de sa découverte, qu’elle a même demandé à un spécialiste du FBI de démontrer à tous qu’il s’agissait bien de la même Mona Lisa, avec 10 ans d’écart. Et le résultat est positif. “C’était sans doute un travail préparatoire pour l’autre Mona Lisa”, explique Joël Feldman. Mais un travail “inachevé”. The Mona Lisa Foundation are definitely convinced of this discovery, so much so they asked an FBI specialist to investigate everything concerning this Mona Lisa, with the 10 year gap. And the result is positive. “This was without doubt preparatory work for the other Mona Lisa”, explained Joel Feldman.

Joël Feldman, secrétaire général de la Fondation Mona Lisa

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