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   On 8/11/22 12:36, Les Albert wrote:   
   > On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 07:14:13 -0700 (PDT), "artyw2@yahoo.com"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Was Mona Lisa considered hot when Da Vinci painted her?   
   >   
   > Maybe. It is said to be a painting of Lisa Gherardini, but nobody   
   > knows for sure.  And I read somewhere that the enigmatic smile is   
   > actually showing a swelling of the face due to an abscessed tooth.   
   > Others have said Mona Lisa's mysterious smile was caused by an   
   > under-active thyroid gland.  Hypothyroidism can cause swollen hands,   
   > thinning hair and a lump in the neck, all visible in the portrait,   
   > according to researchers.   
      
      
      
   I've also heard speculation, I don't know how serious, that it was a   
   self-portrait of Leonard as if he had had an innie rather than an outie.   
      
   Xho   
      
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