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Heads of warriors Study for LEDA.
late Dr. Ambrose W. Vernon, then Professor of Biography. He lived with the painting for several
days, studied it, took it out into the sunlight and examined it microscopically, his excitement
growing as each preliminary test and examination confirmed his first suspicion. He then persuaded
the Vernons to allow him to put the painting through rigorous laboratory tests. Following
are excerpts from his report.
"I have carefully examined this painting in oil, upon canvas 29Yz inches high by 23%
inches wide, representing Mona Lisa.
This painting in my opinion is by the hand of Leonardo da Vinci.
The examination by X-rays, done at Fogg Art Museum of Harvard in 1933 shows this
painting to be on canvas with pigments in oil, both being of the first few years of the fifteen
hundreds, in my estimation not being later than 1506. This is further confirmed by microscopic
examination of the surface of the painting, the system of craquelures (cracks) being
unmistakably of that period.
This painting both visually, by the X-rays, by the infra-red rays, and microscopically is
seen to be unfinished in places. The face and hands being finely brought up to a finish of great
beauty and delicacy. The brush strokes are sinistra mana throughout the painting. (NOTE: the
words sinistra mana are important and actually mean more than left-handed, for which the
Object Description
| Exhibition | Vernon Mona Lisa |
| Artist(s) | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Title | The Vernon Mona Lisa |
| View | Catalog |
| Year | 1964 |
| Decade(s) | 1960s |
| Exhibition Dates | 1964 July 9 - August 2 |
| Description | Catalog accompanying the exhibition of the same name. |
| Catalog Format |
book catalogue (exhibition) |
| Catalog Information | 24 pages, some color |
| Published | 1964 |
| Catalog Description | Produced by Otis Art Associates. Foreward by Andreas Andersen; essay by Wayne Long; catalog design by David Green. |
| Catalog Contributor(s) |
Andersen, Andreas S. Green, David Long, Wayne |
| Gallery | Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County Gallery |
| Media |
Drawing Painting |
| ImageID | monalisa-1964-catalog |
| Rights | Copyright Otis College of Art and Design |
| Collection | Ben Maltz Gallery Exhibition Archive |
Description
| Title | Page 16 |
| Full Text of PDF | Heads of warriors Study for LEDA. late Dr. Ambrose W. Vernon, then Professor of Biography. He lived with the painting for several days, studied it, took it out into the sunlight and examined it microscopically, his excitement growing as each preliminary test and examination confirmed his first suspicion. He then persuaded the Vernons to allow him to put the painting through rigorous laboratory tests. Following are excerpts from his report. "I have carefully examined this painting in oil, upon canvas 29Yz inches high by 23% inches wide, representing Mona Lisa. This painting in my opinion is by the hand of Leonardo da Vinci. The examination by X-rays, done at Fogg Art Museum of Harvard in 1933 shows this painting to be on canvas with pigments in oil, both being of the first few years of the fifteen hundreds, in my estimation not being later than 1506. This is further confirmed by microscopic examination of the surface of the painting, the system of craquelures (cracks) being unmistakably of that period. This painting both visually, by the X-rays, by the infra-red rays, and microscopically is seen to be unfinished in places. The face and hands being finely brought up to a finish of great beauty and delicacy. The brush strokes are sinistra mana throughout the painting. (NOTE: the words sinistra mana are important and actually mean more than left-handed, for which the |
