The Mona Lisa originally had eyebrows, according to a French art expert who has analysed Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece with a special camera. By Stephen Adams and Stephenadams 12 November 2009 ...

The world's most famous painting by Leonardo Da Vinci Mona Lisa originally had eyebrows, according to a French art expert who has analysed Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece with a special camera ...

Solved, the mystery of the Mona Lisa's missing eyebrows By BARRY WIGMORE Last updated at 00:01 20 October 2007 ...

The "Mona Lisa" has long been shrouded in mystery, including one long-standing question about the famous lady: What happened to her eyebrows and eyelashes?

Since scanning the “Mona Lisa,” Cotte has made super-high-resolution photographs of more than 500 paintings, including works by van Gogh, Brueghel, Courbet and other European masters.

Now comes word that at least one persistent rumor concerning the masterpiece is true. Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’ used to have eyebrows, according to a French art expert.

Since scanning the “Mona Lisa,” Cotte has made super-high-resolution photographs of more than 500 paintings, including works by Van Gogh, Brueghel, Courbet and other European masters.

Art historians have come up with countless theories over the years to explain why the Mona Lisa appears to have no eyebrows. The eyebrow-free Mona Lisa But now Pascal Cotte, a Parisian engineer ...

Since scanning the Mona Lisa, Cotte has made super-high-resolution photographs of more than 500 paintings, including works by Van Gogh, Brueghel, Courbet and other European masters.

A Mona Lisa copy owned by Spain's Prado Museum was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci's apprentices alongside the master himself as he did the original, museum officials said ...