“MONA LISA” AUTHENTIC
SEARCHING TESTS THEFT OF AUGUST, 1911 By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 10 a.m. PARIS, Friday The Louvre authorities have submitted Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa” to X-ray and ultra-violet tests, and announce that they have conclusively proved that the pamted pigments are of 1500, which is about the GgSt date, also that there have been no alterations since it was first pamted-eme, director of the Louvre, also' submitted the whole 9,000 pictures of the collection to X-ray and violetted photographing. though he refuses to publish the results. The news that the “Mona Lisa is authentic, despite the theft in August, 1911, however, is too good to be kept secFeh —A. and N,Z,
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 241, 31 December 1927, Page 1
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116“MONA LISA” AUTHENTIC Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 241, 31 December 1927, Page 1
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