Summary of Critical Comparisons
The critical comparison of the ‘Earlier Mona Lisa‘ and the Louvre version is one of the most significant...
Critical Comparisons
Comparative Study
“Human subtlety … will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature,...
How does the ‘Earlier Version’ compare with other Mona Lisas?
There are literally dozens of copies and variations of the ‘Mona Lisa’; some good, and some not so...
The ‘Prado Mona Lisa’
This interesting portrait was first referred to in the 1666 inventory in the Galleria del Mediodia del Alcazar...
Why are the Columns in the ‘Earlier Version’ so important?
If one were to ask the rhetorical question as to why one of the two original Mona Lisas...
Are the Embroideries of the ‘Earlier Version’ Leonardesque?
Leonardo’s passion, almost obsession, for knots has been touched on in other sections, but this topic is like...
How did Leonardo da Vinci influence Raphael?
In his masterwork, ‘The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects’, first published in 1550, Giorgio...
Are the Subjects in the Louvre and Earlier Versions the Same?
Giuliano de’ Medici enjoyed the milieu of artists, writers and other intellectuals, and after the Medici returned to...
