giuliano de'medici painted a mustache on the mona lisa.
who painted a mustache on the mona lisa?
giuliano de'medici
mona lisa replicas and reinterpretations





























leonardo da vinci's "mona lisa" is one of the most recognizable and famous works of art in the world, and also one of the most replicated and reinterpreted. "mona lisa" replicas were already being painted during leonardo's lifetime by his own students and contemporaries. some are claimed to be the work of leonardo himself, and remain disputed by scholars.





























prominent 20th-century artists such as marcel duchamp and salvador dalí have also produced derivative works, manipulating "mona lisa"'s image to suit their own aesthetic.
mona lisa replicas and reinterpretations
in 2015, an academic publication by professors lorusso and natali documented an exhaustive analysis of mona lisa paintings and copies, and concluded that both "mona lisa" and the "isleworth mona lisa" were original works by leonardo. in 2016, in another academic publication, professors asmus, parfenov and elford published the results of scientific examinations that established to their satisfaction that the same artist painted the face of both the "mona lisa" and the "isleworth mona lisa".





























in 2017, gérard boudin de l'arche published a comprehensive historical account and stated that leonardo painted the "isleworth mona lisa" before the louvre "mona lisa".
isleworth mona lisa