Art critics, however, often wondered, perhaps, smiling woman may actually have been da Vinci's lover, his mother or himself Loenardo da Vinci.

Now experts at the Heidelberg University (Heidelberg University) library say dated notes scribbled at the edges of a book by its owner in October 1503, proving once and for all that Lisa Giocondo Affairs (Lisa del Giocondo) was indeed the model for one of the most famous portraits in the world.

On Monday, judge of the manuscript of the Heidelberg University library confirmed: "All doubts about the identity of the Mona Lisa have been eliminated Shlechterom discovery by Dr. Armin (Armin Schlechter)".

Until then, the available documents of the 16th century the library has considered this testimony is not credible.

Remarks were made by Florentine city official Agostino Vespucci (Agostino Vespucci), acquaintance of the artist, in the collection of letters by the Roman orator Cicero (Cicero).

In Comments compared Leonardo to the ancient Greek artist Apellzom (Apelles) and say that he worked simultaneously on three paintings, one of which was a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo.

Art experts who have already set the date of painting at that time, say the Heidelberg discovery - a major achievement and the earliest reference, indicating connection with the portrait of the wife of merchant the great maestro.

"There is no reason for any lackluster doubt that this is another woman," Leipzig University art historian Frank Zoellner (Frank Zoellner) said on German radio: "One could even say that books on the subject written in recent years have been deprived of any grounds. "

The library argued that the relationship of this woman paintings relates to about 1550 due to marginal notes of the book of the Italian official Giorgio Vasari (Giorgio Vasari), although doubts remained about Vasari's reliability - he made the comments after five decades after the portrait was painted .

Heidelberg notes were actually discovered over two years ago in the library of Dr. Shlechterom (Schlechter).

Although the findings were published in a public library catalog, they have not been disclosed, and attracted enough attention, until a German journalist did not bother to hold a registration in the library.