The Mystery: Eyebrows of Mona Lisa

Another Masterpiece of Leonardo Da Vinci w/c is to be found as one of those mysterious painting!?!

Did you notice her smile?!


She's like hiding something from that smile!

....and about her eyebrow?!?

Why Mona Lisa doesn't have eyebrows?!

I remembered way back in elementary! My grade 6 teacher in English discusses the topic about paintings! Suddenly she mentioned the Mona Lisa and asked to us if we know about the Mona Lisa!

We yelled "yes!! We know it! ma'am"

Then she asked to us "Did everyone Knows why Mona Lisa doesn't have eyebrows?"
and at that time.....the bell rang and she said that we must research about that strange thing!

My mom helped me to that homework and we asked it to the teacher who is cum laude during her college time! Her name is Ms. Matilda Adul

she explained that
during the life of Da VInci....he met a girl who is beautiful and very gorgeous, her name is Lisa di Antonio Maria (Antonmaria) Gherardini or just call her Mona Lisa, wife of Francesco del Giocondo.

As what I remembered,her wife commissioned Da Vinci for Mona Lisa to become his model to his masterpiece and Mona Lisa agreed on that request. Everyday they met on their meeting place and it takes time to finish the work. As the time goes by the painting is soon to be finished! Her wife seems to be jealous to Da VInci......later on they leave the Da Vinci. The unfinished thing or element on the painting is the eyebrow, he started it but it is abandoned because his model is gone.

That's how the teacher tell us the story!

but later on surfing on the internet....
the other speculation on Mona Lisa's Eyebrow is that the eyebrow was eroded and they are no longer visible!

Pascal Cotte conducted studies on this situation.
According to him:

"If you look closely at Mona Lisa's eye you can clearly see that the cracks around the eye have slightly disappeared, and that may be explained that one day a curator or restorer cleaned the eye, and cleaning the eye removed, probably removed the eyelashes and eyebrow,"



"With just one photo you go deeper into the construction of the painting and understand that Leonardo was a genius," Mr Cotte said.

Da Vinci is quoted as once saying: "Art is never finished, only abandoned."

at this point, we verified the fact that it is started to paint the eyebrows but because of time, it was eroded until it is not visible on our naked eye!

Secrets of Mona Lisa:

* Lace on Mona Lisa's dress
* The transparency of the veil shows da Vinci first painted a landscape and then used transparency techniques to paint the veil atop it.
* A change in the position of the left index and middle finger.
* The elbow was repaired from damage due to a rock thrown at the painting in 1956.
* The blanket covering Mona Lisa's knees also covers her stomach.
* The left finger was not completely finished.
* A blotch mark on the corner of the eye and chin are varnish accidents, countering claims that Mona Lisa was sick.
* And the Mona Lisa was painted on uncut poplar board, contrary to speculations.
*The face of Mona Lisa appears slightly wider and the smile is different and the eyes are different

Credits and Acknowledgments:
http://www.livescience.com/history/071018-mona-lisa.html
www.livescience.com/history/071018-mona-lisa.htm