In 2010 Kemp and Cotte published their findings in a book.
The face of Mona Lisa appears slightly wider and the smile is different and
the eyes are different,” Cotte said.
This was the first time, Cotte said, that a painter had rendered a subject's arm
and wrist in such a position.
Women of the French court
wore a loosely fitted tunic called a Cotte or the form-fitting bliaut over a full chemise with tight sleeves.
Women of the French court
wore a loosely fitted tunic called a Cotte or a form-fitting bliaut over a full chemise/shift with tight sleeves.
The face of Mona Lisa appears slightly wider and the smile is different and
the eyes are different," Live Science quoted Cotte, as saying.
If you look at the left hand you see the first position of the finger,
and he changed his mind for another position," Cotte said.
In the larger picture, Cotte said when he stands back
and looks up at the enlarged infrared image of Mona Lisa, her beauty and mystique are apparent.
In 2007, French engineer Pascal Cotte announced that his ultra-high resolution scans of the painting
provide evidence that Mona Lisa was originally painted with eyelashes and with visible eyebrows, but that these had gradually disappeared over time, perhaps as a result of overcleaning.