A theory has been released that the Mona Lisa is actually a man.
Several Di Vinci works, including "St. John the Baptist" and a lesser-known drawing called "Angel Incarnate," were based on Salai, a favourite model of the artist. These paintings show a slender, effeminate young man with long auburn curls.
Apparently similarities with the "Mona Lisa's" nose and mouth are striking.
The apprentice Gian Giacomo Caprotti, known as Salai, worked with Leonardo for more than two decades starting in 1490. Their relationship is described as "ambiguous," and most art historians agree Salai was one of his lovers.
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