Follower of Leonardo Da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519): After the Prado Mona Lisa. Oil on canvas, unsigned, undated, framed.

The version of the Mona Lisa (Louvre) which is in the Museo Del Prado was painted by one of Leonardo’s pupils, probably Salai (1480-1524) or Francesco Melzi (1493-1572/3). The fact that each pentimento, or change, in Leonardo’s original (to the bust, outline of the veil and position of the fingers) is repeated in it suggests that the two works were created simultaneously. There are also differences with respect to the original, in the unfinished landscape and on the face. Overall, the panel in the Prado seems to reflect an intermediate stage in the creation of the Louvre painting.

The finely-painted emulation presented in our auction is rare, in that it honors the lesser known version of the Mona Lisa in the Prado.

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.

32 x 24 inches framed; 27.75 x 20 inches canvas.

Private collection, Marrakesh.

Good aged condition; frame rub on the outer edges; an impression from the stretcher bars are visible through the front of the canvas; a significant amount of alligatoring has been retouched, more heavily in the face; there is a light layer of surface grime through out the canvas; One inch tear in the sitter's middle right finger has been professionally repaired and retouched.

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