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Scientists say they are to finding the remains of the woman who for Leonardo da Vinci's the Mona Lisa. Researchers have opened a centuries-old in the Italian city of Florence. They believe they will find the of da Vinci's muse Lisa Gioconda, the wife of a 16th-century silk merchant. Silvano Vinceti, head of Italy's National Committee for the Promotion of Historic and Cultural Heritage, plans to test the of the bones under the church to whether or not Ms Gioconda is the woman that famous, enigmatic smile. Mr Vinceti will then use a computer graphics program to a face from the skull and it to the painting.

Leonardo da Vinci's painting has been a source of fascination for art and ordinary folk alike. Vinceti said: "For centuries, historians the world over have been up with various theories about who this , mysterious woman could have been." He asks: "Was Gioconda the model for the Mona Lisa? Or was it some other model, as some people say? Or is it just a construction of the painter's ?" Antonio Moretti, a from L'Aquila University told the euronews.com website: "We were very I'd say, because not only is there a good amount of bone , but they are also disposed of in order at the of the crypt, with a plate indicating they to the Gioconda family."

 
 

 

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