What Leonardo da Vinci Really Looked Like

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) painted arguably the world’s most famous portrait – the Mona Lisa. But rather ironically, we have never seen a portrait of the artist himself. Perhaps until now… Speaking at TED, Siegfried Woldhek shows what he believes is the true face of da Vinci. It’s all pretty speculative, but it may be right.

via @brainpicker


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