BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Mona Lisa 'had brows and lashes'
"Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa originally had eyebrows and eyelashes, a French inventor has claimed after digitally scanning the painting.
Pascal Cotte said his 240-megapixel scan revealed traces of facial hair obliterated by restoration efforts. Da Vinci changed his mind about the position of two fingers on her left hand, her face was originally wider and her smile more expressive, he added."
Now picture the original Mona Lisa: more beautiful but less mysterious, don't you think?
"Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa originally had eyebrows and eyelashes, a French inventor has claimed after digitally scanning the painting.
Pascal Cotte said his 240-megapixel scan revealed traces of facial hair obliterated by restoration efforts. Da Vinci changed his mind about the position of two fingers on her left hand, her face was originally wider and her smile more expressive, he added."
Now picture the original Mona Lisa: more beautiful but less mysterious, don't you think?