Leonardo da Vinci's Nude Mona Lisa

Did Leonardo da Vinci paint a nude version of the Mona Lisa? Maybe so, according to a newly revealed painting, hidden for a century within the walls of a private library:

The lady in the portrait does not exactly resemble the original Mona Lisa, but there is little doubt it has parallels with the painting hanging at the Louvre museum in Paris.

"The frontal look, the position of the hands, the spatial conception of the landscape, with columns at the sides, show a clear link with the Mona Lisa's iconographic theme," Alessandro Vezzosi, director of the museum, told Discovery News.

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This painting is in the style of Leonardo, but he was far better with the anatomy. Could have been painted by a student or later follower.
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I'm not saying this was Da Vinci's work, but during the Renaissance, the anatomy of men that featured in paintings and sculptures was usually far better than the anatomy of women. This is because it was illegal to use women as nude models in paintings, and the anatomy of women was never studied in art academies. Michelangelo actually used dudes for his models for women, which is why some of his sculptures of women look like men with tennis balls protruding from their chests:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~matc/math5.geometry/unit4/0423.gif
His representations of women were so far off that some also argue he was gay, and so wouldn't have a great idea of what a nude woman looked like.
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There are like 20 different paintings that all resemble the mona lisa, and even some nude ones. This was definitely inspired by the mona lisa and da vinci. If it's not him it's gotta be from someone close to him. It looks like it has his "Sfumato" technique, which i describe in my book/site. Itsjustlife.com If you know how to look at it right and control the dilation of your eyes, the painting will change. I wish i had a better quality scan of this painting though to be sure.

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