For centuries, art historians have been trying to figure out where the real-life landscape in the background of Leonardo da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa is located.

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It is therefore unlikely that the drawing shows a real landscape. Instead, it seems that da Vinci used it to sketch his geological research over the years. More than 10,000 pages of Leonardo's ...

"While it's possible that the background of the Mona Lisa was inspired by an Italian landscape, there is no definitive proof that it is Montegiove," Kemp said. "Leonardo was known to combine real ...