Mona Lisa model was male, researchers say
ABC February 3, 2011, 8:26 am
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Italian researchers who specialise in resolving art mysteries believe they have discovered the disputed identity of the model for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa - and claim he was a man.
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Salai, real name Gian Giacomo Caprotti, an effeminate young artist who worked with da Vinci for 25 years, is thought to have served as a model and muse for several of his paintings.
This is kind of old news. It has be agued for years that the Mona Lisa was really Leonardo himself.