Leonardo Da Vinci’s mysterious Mona Lisa has just gotten even more intriguing. The Italian genius apparently painted tiny numbers and letters into the eyes of the enigmatic painting, but their meaning is unclear.
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The 500-year-old Renaissance masterpiece has long puzzled art historians, from Mona Lisa’s wry smile to the identity of the woman in the painting. Some believe it is Da Vinci himself, painted as a woman.
As for Da Vinci, he was a fan of riddles and secret codes and his paintings formed the basis of the best selling fictional work “The Da Vinci Code.”
The book by Dan Brown and the 2006 movie based on it starring Tom Hanks claimed the Mona Lisa contained secrets about the life of Jesus Christ.
The book postulated that Christ had a child with Mary Magadelene and established a blood line that exists to this day.
The real codes in Mona Lisa’s eyes may not be quite so consequential, but they are mystifying, nonetheless, not only for what they may mean, but also because of that fact that Da Vinci was able paint them so small.
The letters and numbers cannot be seen with the naked eye.
Italy’s National Committee for Cultural Heritage said the symbols were detected through high resolution images of the painting.
“To the naked eye the symbols are not visible, but with a magnifying glass they can clearly be seen,” said Committee President Silvano Vinceti.
“In the right eye appear to be the letters LV which could well stand for his name Leonardo Da Vinci, while in the left eye there are also symbols, but they are not as defined,” he said.
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“It is very difficult to make them out clearly but they appear to be the letters CE or it could be the letter B. You have to remember the picture is almost 500 years old so it is not as sharp and clear as when first painted,” he added.
In the arch of the bridge in the background the number 72 can be seen or it could be an L and the number 2, he said.
The clue to the codes was found in a 50-year-old book about the painting that was discovered in an antique shop. It mentions the codes and symbols, Vinceti said.
“It’s remarkable that no-one has noticed these symbols before and from the preliminary investigations we have carried out we are confident they are not a mistake and were put there by the artist,” Vinceti said.
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(C E)this was a different news back in 1998 when they found letters on the painting left eye sugessting her name was Carolina just because there were 2 other letters LV( leonardo’s intitials)Its like they are following tips, some one left them clues to solve the mystery and see if they fell in concisely right.
but from reading every other day “mystery MAYBE solved” piece, i think about a higher dispatch, just for the rapidly results and promptness at saving time, called “get real” use real documents as FAMILY TREES. stop isolating a very near time(1400-1600) from now and today age.
then stop the illusion that fame back then was not any close to how is it today, don’t take us to this SCAM, that names are a mystery from way back in time, way back in time (you are in the zone, go to sleep) and waite don’t try this at home because clues must be hazards science!
not to forget to mention the very important element in all this and its that all those are real people, like us. is it big deal if her name was 100% Noble Europe, or his as so mighty Devinne! MONA LISA combine name was always around she had a lengthy one CIERRA MONA ELISA VICTORIA as for (DA VINCI) we all know now his first name was LEON or LEONARDO. C E is for the royal name monalisa had, was oriental royalty from euro-middle east which she declined and refused, her name as a royal was CIERRA ELISA.why is it ELISA? its becasue in the middle east LISA is also ELISA OR L’ISIS. now you can add it to urban dictionary OJ, JFK, LV, CE…etc
if one wants to get real, i say go to family trees, those were real people, did he paint by numbers or letters? i didn’t hear that was the reason why we found the letters CE, first.this is an excuse to dismiss Carolina for her name and go, ooops! no, no!
telling the world maybe the method he used is what all those clues are about(painting by letters and numbers) wake up now, and go home think about DaVinci’s clever ways leaving us clues all over his painting maybe we don’t go straight forward to his records and true documents, including his family tree. must be hiding a secret..solon! see you next tiem when the headline goes ” DAVINCI’S SECRET HE DIDN’T WANT US TO KNOW” are all in his real documents! and i say the secret is to feed his family and hires from all those idiotic studies and the money paid for it.
I wanted to tweet or share in the face ur comments magedalin..its more accurate than this code etc found in monaliza’s paint..brown’s book is misleading. Its true, make a research on da vinci’s life or monaliza..
It would be nice if they posted pictures of what the damn artical is about. Anyone can say they see what ever they want but i want to see what they are talking about in the eyes damn it!!!
what a bullshit story…
@magedalin
Your comment makes no sense whatsoever.
nice Magedalin…..
Is the lady in the painting Madeline McCann?
It’s a paint-by-number!
He was ITALIAN why would he write english alphabets or letters LV in right eye some 500 years back when english was not widely spread like now a days.He should have written in Italian.
Yeah? where’s the picture of the letters/numbers? We don’t see them here on this page. How would you expect us to believe that? It’s like the Australian equivalent to America’s BIGFOOT (or Sasquatch)to the YOWIE roaming all over the Australian Continent, many reported sightings, but no real photos or videos of one. Get real!.
how would da vinci know a secret about jesus,and still mystery to whole world
Ali: wtf? in Italian language, they have English letters. I learn Italian at school, I should know. xD
I have a very probable solution to Mona Lisas “mysterious smile”:
THAT’S JUST HOW SHE LOOKED! Problem solved. Case closed.
@Ali
Not that you could ever be taken seriously enough to worth the comment but I just couldn’t resist. Both Italian and English, now and back then, use the LATIN alphabet. Thanks for the laugh mate 😉
some people just dont get anything how do u not get wat there talking about i meen really
Da Vinci was a fucked up guy with insane access to the archieves of Roman Catholic Church and a valuable member of Illuminate … who can say wt he knew then or wts kind of bloody cover up has taken place in history .. for all 1 can state is the fact that every posibility no matter how distant it may seem worth our time … as for Da Vinci hats of to him … a bloody genius… we need to have some patience… we may live to see things get clear
Does anybody else think the letters could be Roman numerals? I don’t know about the numbers, but Roman numerals were represented by letters like for instance XV, XII, etc.
@ magdelin
I like ur thinking but wat about the”72″? I know Im not being smart but look at Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood I dont remember exactly wat it was but it had to do w/ Jesus! & like Rishu said he had all the access to the information he needed to make us think for 500 years without breaking his code! thus this code was not meant for us it was meant for a relative or some friend who understood his code like u said.I hope to live & see wat he meant
I remember reading somewhere that small letters were written on illuminated manuscripts centuries ago to denote the colour that would be added in later. Maybe Da Vinci did the same type of thing. You could be right Nomad!
Did anyone ever notice any secrets maps in the painting??????
It maybe one of his discoveries; What about the sorcerer’s stone which he had discovered, or maybe a clue for other paintings,. We should refer his works for this secret………..LEONARDO DA VINCI, you are great!
its the proof that leonardo da vinci was way ahead of is time.
his painting his CE certified.
or, in worst case, he sub contracted a chinese to paint it (CE= china export)
i think there is no secret behind this painting , it is just an imaginary painting made in pleasure…
Theres no proof exactly….. they are probably trying to make money ( more money) i in my opinion believe bacause of other website but it cold be a scam.
Seriously? You morons read way too much into fictional stories. If there were “tiny numbers/letters” in the painting of Mona Lisa, someone would have photos of this. If it were a “mystery” some two bit forced link advertising website/bullshit aggregate website wouldn’t have “The Scoop!” on actual news. Yes… Da Vinci was a genius… don’t belittle a great man by making up fantasies about his art or works… you’re just being assholes.
the bz or somthing looks like ez
and i know im sad but ez like etzio alditory and he was based on a person who lived so maybe its somthing like that
He painted by numbers ? 😉
Did anyone every bother to ask themselves WHERE mona lisa is based on the background?
If you look at the background environment it sort of looks like Mona Lisa’s sitting in front of another painting..hmm..i don’t know
This is a trash. What secret? Don’t try to confuse the readers. We believe only the bible. Davinci was only a painter, lay person. Believe the scriptures!
i am 10 and i am looking at tons of stuff trying to figure it out its so interesting.
ooooooorrrr….It’s a paint by numbers
theres also a ”p” in he right eye pupil if u look on google extreme close up of mona lisa’s eyes and look at the right one at the bottom of the pupil you can see it
Anyone can say that the letters stand for something, and the numbers have meaning. I don’t believe that if this whole “code” thing is true, that anyone is going to crack it. There is no way of proving a theory that may even seem logical if there is no living proof. Maybe he was just trying to authenticate his work so it couldn’t be exactly duplicated like money? Even if this theory sounds logical, it will never be proven, and that’s the only truth anyone is going to get out of Da Vinci’s paintings.
LV would be represented by roman numerals…surely!
Leonardo just jot down something he needed at the moment. For instance how many eggs he was promised by the neighbor, or more likely Mona Liza was just painted by numbers and he missed to cover some of the numbers.
maybe he was just trying to get a conspiracy going so that his painting would be remembered, it worked 😛
I don’t know what you exactly mean by secret Da Vinci code in the Mona Lisa.
But I found one thing while I experiment with Mona Lisa picture to create 3d effect .
If you contract Da Vinci self portrait horizontally it is the same picture of Mona Lisa. Otherwise expand Mona Lisa picture horizontally. It is the self portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci.
Try it yourself.
@Ali facepalm, the symbols were the same, spelling was different, lol
Leonardo was Adam, who had been Jesus and Julius Caesar , Alexander the Great, Plato, just to name a few. Mona Lisa (L’Isis) was Eve and Mary Magdalin, Cleopatra. Leo left all the necessary clues well hidden because the kids love a good Easter egg hunt 😀
Adam was also William Shakespear and Dante so expect a Divine Comedy, your dear old ancient dad loves to dress up as Santa 🙂
As for the painting, it’s both of them and they know it! How delicious
Later, Eve/Mona Lisa went on to be Marilyn Monroe and then another girl. Marked
well the 72 is a religiouse term
and da vinch was gay/homosexual and it was given to his “boyfriend” and in the eye with the symbols can be of somthing simple or even secret but being he likes riddels he probly put the clue in one of his other paintings or if you see all apinting you see a fer simularities but i dont know im just a fan of this painting but if you ask me the background almost represents the world seperated by a desigion or even a person actions
also they eyes were painted so she seems to be looking at you sugjesting that your action can change the world or even that choosing the wrong side can kill the world
i am not religiouse or anything like that yet i have read the bibel and it hevily focuses on sin and punishment this is because the bible is a templar book done so it makes us fear 95% of the world beleves in a god so they become constricted by the leaders the other 5% are truly free to act they think there actions deal there own cards and fate
the painting does infact seem odd on many levels for example how da vinci made it looks like she was infront of it but the 1st thing you learn in my profesion is to see past apperences for example the backgroung it seems to be slighty 3d but infact it is 4d it changes slightly sepending if you see it in person or other media so it alone is a mystery
some say da vivci was being helpedby aliens or a hight power there is no profe of that but there is also no profe to contredict that
so deside on your own
I didn’t have time to read those other comments,so if somebody wrote this before:Sorry!
The “numbers” etc. are proven to be very small fractures on the paint…Nothing more nothing less.Everybody sees in them what they want to see,but truth is that time has made those secret codes,not Leonardo.
Oh please. Another stupid theory about the painting of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Franceso del Giocondo.
She was a merchant’s wife, and Da Vinci was commissioned to paint her portrait. This was very, VERY common in the day, and there is nothing particularly remarkable or innovative about this portrait. For those interested in seeing what it looked like when he painted it (not covered by layers and layers of varnish like it is today), google something like “multispectral scan” or “Mona Lisa virtually restored” and etc.
it must have been really difficult to paint such tiny numbers into a painting, but with da Vinci, anything is possible.Even so, he would not have possibly jotted down those numbers for no reason!! And I am SICK of people telling me that the bible is the only ticket to heaven.Jesus himself studied from the philosophers of ancient India and there is solid proof for that, eventhough many of my dear”christian”(read churchians) friends simply won’t believe it!! Jesus was good and all, but the church has hidden many things from the people to achieve their goals…besides, what is wrong if Jesus married?? i can never comprehend what the fuss is all about. I completely believe that there exists a surviving bloodline of Jesus, but at the same time, I also admire Jesus as a prophet!! And it is easier for me to believe both, because I am not Christian!!1
@raavanan…the philosophers stone is probably an allegory, or it has some other symbolic meaning, because even the Enlightened men would not create such a dangerous invention, for it would lead to serious implications. It probably refers to developing your soul, which is like lead, and enlightening ourselves, which is turning to gold
what if,the Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was actually just simply potrait that has no hidden secrets or codes..? -.-“
it has been proved recently that those “symbols” and “numbers” are actually small cracks formed by the aging paint used on the painting…
the 72 names of god
year 72, construction of the coloseeum in rome O.o
does the answer lie there??