Name: Siegfried Woldhek muestra cómo encontró el verdadero rostro de Leonardo
Uploaded: 2008-04-01T02:14:00Z
Duration: 4 min 4 s
Description: La Mona Lisa es uno de los rostros más famosos del planeta ¿pero reconocerían una imagen de Leonard da Vinci? El ilustrador Siegfried Woldhek utiliza técnicas de análisis de imagen minuciosas para encontrar lo que él cree que es el verdadero rostro de Leonardo.

Here I said, "But no faces? I find that hard to believe. His contemporaries made faces." I meant to say, more specifically, "But no self-portraits? I find that hard to believe. His contemporaries made self-portraits."

Here I said, "[Leonardo] was 33, 38 and 63 when these were made." I meant to say, "He was 33, 38 and 61 when these were made."


Here I said, " ... for which Leonardo posed as a boy of 15." I meant to say, " ... for which Leonardo posed as a boy of 17."

La Mona Lisa es uno de los rostros más famosos del planeta ¿pero reconocerían una imagen de Leonard da Vinci? El ilustrador Siegfried Woldhek utiliza técnicas de análisis de imagen minuciosas para encontrar lo que él cree que es el verdadero rostro de Leonardo.

Siegfried Woldhek muestra cómo encontró el verdadero rostro de Leonardo

For centuries, no one could agree on what Leonardo da Vinci actually looked like, despite his fame and legendary creations. By analyzing over 700 of his drawings and focusing on stylistic clues and historical details, a set of three likely self-portraits emerged. Each matches Leonardo’s age at the time of creation and shares distinctive features, such as a broad forehead and curved lips. Comparing these with a well-documented statue from his youth finally connects the dots, offering a credible image of the Renaissance icon.

Leonardo’s True Face Revealed Through Art Detective Work