1. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Louvre's Mona Lisa may be copy of an 'earlier version' http://www.france24.com/en/20130214- louvre-mona-lisa-isleworth-copy-leonardo- da-vinci-france-paris-switzerland

2. © 2011 wheresjenny.com News : Reading A Swiss art foundation claims it has proof that an “earlier” version of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa masterpiece at the Louvre is a genuine painting by the Italian master. New analyses included an examination of “sacred geometry” as well as carbon dating and pigmentation tests carried out after the so-called “Isleworth Mona Lisa” was unveiled in Switzerland in September 2012. “I am 100 percent convinced that this is a genuine Leonardo,” foundation vice-president David Feldman Isleworth version, named after a London suburb where it was kept until 1913, was that it bore the hallmarks of a 17th or 18th century work and was therefore a copy made well after the original.

3. © 2011 wheresjenny.com News : Reading “The Louvre version is far more advanced and of far higher quality, but it is a copy made by Leonardo himself from the earlier one.” As well as carbon dating, Italian geometrist Alfonso Rubino studied the Isleworth version against Leonardo’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ and concluded that the geometry of the Swiss Mona Lisa was the same as the Italian master’s. Documents show that Florentine nobleman Francesco del Giacondo commissioned Leonardo to paint a picture of his wife Lisa in the early 16th century. Feldman believes that the Swiss painting was probably left unfinished before Leonardo painted the second version that now hangs in the Louvre.

4. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Compréhension What was claimed by Swiss art foundation? What did foundation vice-president David Feldman say ? Isleworth version was named after..? For what purpose did Florentine nobleman Francesco del Giacondo commissioned Leonardo?

5. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Vocabulary Can you give a definition of: Genuine Analyses Hallmarks Advanced Concluded Commissioned

6. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Writing Request user to write sentences or specific words. Can you name any of Leonardo Da Vinci’s work other than Mona lisa Your understanding of Mona lisa Concerns of fake and forgery in art world

7. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Conversation Have you been or visited a museum? Which museum did you last visited? Have you seen the art work of Louvre's Mona Lisa? Do you think illegal and black market is more lucrative and also a concern in art world Do you like painting and why? How Important it is to understand the genuine work