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02/06/2023 11:45 am
An original photograph from 1503 of Leonardo DaVinci and his model for the Mona Lisa.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
Steve Jacobs reacted
02/06/2023 12:28 pm
The photographer was surely ahead of his time 🥹
(by 300+ years).
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
02/06/2023 12:58 pm
Original photo? Sure John.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
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Topic starter
02/06/2023 1:11 pm
But...it's autographed! Right there, on the back side, it says, "Leo & Mona. Please don't post this on the internet."
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
Steve Jacobs and Jack Dodds reacted
02/06/2023 2:49 pm
Why is Nat King Cole’s “Monaliza” playing in my head?
David Vandermeer
Corinth, Texas
02/06/2023 4:05 pm
But...it's autographed! Right there, on the back side, it says, "Leo & Mona. Please don't post this on the internet."
Well, I think that puts it beyond any reasonable doubt.
My researches in art history tell me that Leonardo was actually the illegitimate son of a Scottish crofter, and his artist's model was a Native American lady he met during a drug-fuelled weekend in Amsterdam. It all makes sense.
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
Topic starter
02/06/2023 4:17 pm
@graeme-ogg, yes! It all comes together now. They probably had that photo taken by one of those street people who offer to take your picture and then want to charge you $20 for doing it.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
Jack Dodds reacted
02/06/2023 4:19 pm
I’ll call & raise you one…
Zeeky Banutski
The People’s Republic of Maryland
02/06/2023 4:47 pm
JK, I have a real bargain of a bridge in New York to sell you.
02/06/2023 4:51 pm
I’ll call & raise you one…
Gee, Terry, I need to find one of those. I just HATE cheap reprints. First Editions for me every time. And I bet this version has nice colour plates and fold-out full-colour maps as well. You are a lucky man. (Kind of a shame you are a Buddhist, but still, it's a lovely thing to have.)
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
Topic starter
02/06/2023 8:41 pm
@david-green, sorry, but someone beat you to it. I bought it last week.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
Jack Dodds and David Green reacted
03/06/2023 5:41 am
We found this on the internet so it must be true!
John Bono
North Jersey
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