Mona Lisa: Leonardo's Earlier Version (Trailer)
Channel: Lucerne FilmFestival
Date: 2014-10-26

Did Leonardo da Vinci paint two Mona Lisas? This documentary explores the 'two-painting theory' and presents decades of research and scientific testing surrounding the 'Isleworth Mona Lisa'. Historical facts dating back to the early sixteenth century show inconsistencies in the history of the Louvre version of the painting and make a compelling case for the existence of a second Mona Lisa, painted ten years before the version we all know. Everything from eyewitness accounts and historical records (including two separate commissions at two different times) to expert analysis, critical comparisons between the two paintings and all the latest scientific testing, leave little doubt that this painting, rediscovered by art critic Hugh Blaker in England 1913, is indeed an earlier version of Leonardo's most famous masterpiece.

Showing at the LiFF Lucerne Int'l Film Festival 
November 15th, 2014
www.lucernefilmfestival.com