Mona Lisa
Hand-Painted Reproduction · In Progress

Mona Lisa

After Leonardo da Vinci — A Study in Sfumato, Light and Transition

Year
2026
Medium
Oil on linen
Dimensions
60 × 80 cm
Category
Hand-Painted Reproduction

Concept

Rather than reproducing a single present-day photograph, this study takes Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa in the Louvre as its primary reference and uses the Prado workshop version as a comparative source. The Louvre painting’s present appearance has been shaped by age, varnish, and its conservation history; the Prado version, created in Leonardo’s workshop in close relation to the original composition, offers additional evidence for colour relationships and details that are now less clearly legible. The aim is neither to copy the Prado version nor to invent a hypothetical restoration, but to interpret the Louvre composition through sustained observation, material research, and practical study of sfumato.