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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, February 2, 2012

Detail of the Prado's copy of the Mona Lisa currently in conservation (Photo: © Museum Nacional del Prado).

Mona Lisa Double Reveals New Discoveries
Telegraph - February 1st, 2012 17:37

A recent cleaning of a painting in Madrid's Prado has unveiled some of the mystery surrounding Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (ca. 1503-06). Previously thought to be a later and inferior copy, the restored painting has been determined to be the earliest copy of da Vinci's masterpiece, and importantly, created by a key pupil at the same time as the original.

John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) Portrait of Carolus-Duran, 1879. Oil on canvas. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA 1955.14

Four Magnificent Works by John Singer Sargent on View at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art

On March 11, 2012, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents four masterworks by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), the preeminent expatriate painter of the late 19th century. In ...

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