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Identify the location of the bridge in the background of the Mona Lisa?

Politiko 2023-05-11 17:16:48

Identify the location of the bridge in the background of the Mona Lisa?

Italian historian Silvano Vincetti claims that Leonardo da Vinci painted the Romito Bridge near the town of Laterina in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany, in his famous "Mona Lisa" painting. The background of Leonardo's painting has been debated by art historians for decades. Some of them were convinced that the picture showed a landscape with the Buriano bridge, near Laterina, and others that it was the Bobbi bridge in Piacenza.

Vincetti, however, using historical documents as well as contemporary photographs and drone footage, concluded that it was the Romito Bridge that inspired Leonardo when, in the early 16th century, he painted that portrait. Supporting Vincetti's discovery is the fact that Romito had four arches, as seen in the photo, while Buriano and Bobio had more.

Across the Arno River, only one arch from Romito has survived to this day, and in the Medici family documents found in the archives, Vincetti discovered that it was one of the busiest caravan routes in the early 16th century. "Precisely in that period, from 1501 to 1503, Da Vinci stayed in that area, first in the service of Cardinal Cesare Borgia and then Piero Soderini, a statesman from Florence," said Vincitti.

By measuring the width between the banks of the river and using the length of the bridge's remaining arch, he is absolutely convinced that exactly four arches would be needed to span the river.

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