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A new Mona Lisa smile

A younger vision of Mona Lisa, believed by some to be an earlier and possible original version, is to be unveiled in Geneva.

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A new Mona Lisa smile

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  1. A portrait of the late Chairman Mao Zedong on a poster in front of a chimney of the thermal power plant in Nanjie village of Luohe city in China's central Henan province September 24, 2012. Nanjie village, with more than 3,100 residents, is touted to be one of the remaining models of communist China, where the principles of morality and collectivism of the late Chairman Mao still strictly guide the people's daily lives. REUTERS-Jason Lee

  2. Professor Alessandro Vezzosi, Director of the Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci, points to details on a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and representing Mona Lisa during a presentation in Geneva September 27, 2012. The Mona Lisa Foundation, a non-profit organisation, presented today historical, comparative and scientific evidence, which demonstrate that there have always been two portraits of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the 'Earlier Version', made 10 years earlier than the 'Joconde' that is displayed in Le Louvre in Paris. REUTERS-Denis Balibous

  3. Professor Alessandro Vezzosi, Director of the Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci, delivers his speech next to a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and representing Mona Lisa during a presentation in Geneva September 27, 2012. REUTERS-Denis Balibouse

  4. Results of research on a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and representing Mona Lisa are pictured on a TV screen during a presentation in Geneva September 27, 2012. REUTERS-Denis Balibouse

  5. Horizontal comparison lines between a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and representing Mona Lisa (L) and the 'Joconde' painting are pictured on a TV screen during a presentation in Geneva September 27, 2012. REUTERS-Denis Balibouse

  6. Staff set up the light in front of a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and representing Mona Lisa before a presentation in Geneva September 27, 2012. REUTERS-Denis Balibous

  7. Staff set up the light in front of a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and representing Mona Lisa before a presentation in Geneva September 27, 2012. REUTERS-Denis Balibouse

  8. The portrait of Mona Lisa is pictured on a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci before a presentation in Geneva September 27, 2012. REUTERS-Denis Balibouse

  9. A staff holds a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and representing Mona Lisa before a presentation in Geneva September 27, 2012. REUTERS-Denis Balibouse

  10. David Feldman, Vice-President of the Mona Lisa Foundation, holds a book presenting the results of the research during a preview presentation in a vault in Geneva September 26, 2012. REUTERS-Denis Balibouse

  11. Stanley Feldman, art historian, poses in front of a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and representing Mona Lisa during a preview presentation in a vault in Geneva September 26, 2012. REUTERS-Denis Balibouse

  12. Stanley Feldman (L) art historian, gestures next to his brother David, Vice-President of the Mona Lisa Fondation, holding a book presenting the results of the research during a preview presentation in a vault in Geneva September 26, 2012. REUTERS-Denis Balibous

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