A geologist and a Renaissance art historian have reportedly solved the mystery surrounding the Mona Lisa. This discovery concerns a location that features very prominently in the background of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous paintings.
Anne Pizzorusso claims she has finally discovered the Italian landscape that has been debated for centuries. new york post. Pizzorusso is also the author of the book Tweeting Da Vinci, published in 2014.
According to the report, Mr. Pizzorusso claims that da Vinci depicted part of the city of Lecco, on the shores of Lake Como in northern Italy, in the Mona Lisa. She went on to suggest that she had identified the bridge, mountain range and lake features in the background of the legendary painting. She also said that she found the Alps overlooking the area and Lake Garrate, located to the south of the city.
“We know from his notebooks that he spent a lot of time exploring the Lecco region and the territories further north,” Pizzorusso said.
Da Vinci is known to have visited this area, which is approximately 400 miles north of his hometown of Florence.
“I’m very excited about this,” the art historian said. “I really think it’s a home run.”
She said understanding geology and art history is important to solving this puzzle. She said, “Geologists don’t look at paintings, and art historians don’t look at geology.”
“We know from his story [Da Vinci’s] The notebook records that he spent a lot of time exploring the Lecco region and the territories further north,” Pizzorusso said.
Other theories about this location have been circulating over the years. For example, the 2011 claim that the Mona Lisa bridge and road belonged to Bobbio, a town in northern Italy. guardian.
The 2023 hypothesis claims that da Vinci painted a bridge in the province of Arezzo.
But Pizzorusso said focusing on bridges alone is not enough to pinpoint a location.
“Arched bridges were found throughout Italy and Europe, and many were very similar. It is impossible to determine their exact location from the bridge alone,” she said. They all talk about bridges, but no one talks about geology. ”
“Art historians say Leonardo was always imaginative, but if you give this painting to geologists all over the world, they’ll say the same thing I say about Lecco. Not geologists. But now I can see the similarities.”
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