Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, inventor and anatomist, to name just a few of his talents — and now, you can add innovative chemist to the polymath’s many gifts
A new study has found a rare compound in the base layer of the “Mona Lisa” that is formed from a lead oxide and oil combination, and provides a peek into one of Leonardo da Vinci’s experimental painting techniques. . It turns out the master artist was more experimental with his renowned “Mona Lisa” than previously thought — and was likely the creator of a technique seen in works created a century later, a new study suggests.
Plumbonacrite forms when lead oxides combine with oil. Mixing these two substances on a palette is a technique that later artists like Rembrandt used to help the paint dry, according to the study. Detecting the rare compound in the “Mona Lisa” suggested that Leonardo could have been the original precursor of this approach, said Gilles Wallez, an author of the latest study and a professor at Sorbonne University in Paris who also was a coauthor on the 2019 report.
“Each time you discover something on his processes, you discovered that he was clearly ahead of his time,” he said. “Therefore, it is not all surprising that we see him experimenting in other media, especially given his dedicated search for the best painterly techniques to create his ‘living’ works of art,” said Wallace, an expert in Renaissance art and architecture who was not involved in the study.Miss Manners: The bride's dress code for wedding guests strikes me as pretentious
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