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Art foundation says tests on painting suggest it is da Vinci's earlier version of (1) …..... the world's most famous artwork. New tests on a ARGUE painting billed as the original version of the Mona Lisa have produced fresh (2) …..... that it is the work of Leonardo, a Swiss-based art PROVE foundation has said. The tests on his 15th century painting were carried out by a (3) …..... in "sacred geometry" in the wake of the recent Geneva SPECIAL (4) …..... of the painting. VEIL

"When we add these new (5) …..... to the wealth of scientific and FIND physical studies we already have, I believe anyone will find the (6) …..... EVIDENT of a Leonardo (7) …..... overwhelming," said David Feldman, vice- ATTRIBUTE president of the foundation.

The Mona Lisa in the has long been regarded as the only one painted by Leonardo, but the Swiss-held one, which shows a much younger woman, won support in the art world, encouraging the Zurich- based Mona Lisa Foundation to pursue efforts to demonstrate its (8) …...... Feldman said he was contacted by the Italian geometrist AUTHENTIC Alfonso Rubino. "He has made extended studies of the geometry of Leonardo's Vitruvian Man and offered to look at our painting to see if it conformed," said Feldman.

Rubino’s (9) …..... was that the geometry used by Leonardo matched CONCLUDE that used in the Isleworth (10) …..... it must be his. It was almost PORTRAY certainly manufactured between 1410 and 1455, refuting claims that it was a late 16th century copy.

Adapted from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/feb/13/swiss-mona-lisa-leonardo- original

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