Found: the studio where Leonardo met Mona Lisa
达芬奇画室重见天日——当里昂纳多遇上蒙娜丽莎
One of the enduring mysteries of the Renaissance has been resolved with the discovery of the
workshop of Leonardo da Vinci in Florence, it was announced yesterday.
文艺复兴时期遗留的众多疑团之一已随着里昂纳多·达芬奇画室在佛罗伦萨重
见天日而破解。
The workshop, where Leonardo painted and drew in the early 1500s, is in the monastery of
Santissima Annunziata in the centre of Florence. It is decorated with frescoes thought to be
by Leonardo and his students. It was here that Leonardo is likely to have met the woman
who inspired the Mona Lisa and worked on The Virgin and Child with St Anne, one version
of which is held by the National Gallery.
达芬奇曾在16世纪早期使用这间画室。它位于佛罗伦萨城中心桑蒂西马·阿努佳
塔修道院内,墙上装饰有壁画,据信为里昂纳多大师和他的学生们的亲作。里昂
纳多可能就是在这里遇到了使他产生《蒙娜丽莎》的创作灵感的女子,并在这里
创作了《圣母、圣婴与圣安妮》(该作品的一个版本现存于意大利国家艺术馆)。
His workshop was discovered during restoration of part of the monastery occupied for the
past 100 years by the Institute of Military Geography. Cristina Acidini, head of conservation
and restoration in Florence, said it was an "emotional moment" when the worskhop was found.
他的画室在重建该修道院的部分(设施)时被发现,过去的100多年中这里一直
为军事地理研究所占用。负责佛罗伦萨(古迹)保护重建工作的克里斯蒂纳·
阿斯德尼说,发现画室时是“激动人心的一刻”。
"We need to do more research, but these frescoes are very encouraging," Acidini said.
阿斯德尼说,“我们还需要做更多调查,但这些壁画十分令人振奋。”
One striking fresco depicts the face of a winged angel flanked by birds, thought to be a
representation of the Annunciation. Scholars said it bore a resemblance to an Annunciation
by Leonardo in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Alessandro Vezzosi, a leading Leonardo expert,
said the discovery of the workshop "will enable scholars better to understand the context in
which Leonardo worked".
其中一幅惊人的壁画描绘了一位两侧有群鸟簇拥的有翼天使的面部,据信这是
《天使报喜》中的代表形象。学者们认为该作品与佛罗伦萨市乌菲至兹美术馆的
一幅达芬奇藏品《天使报喜》相象。著名的达芬奇研究专家阿列桑德罗·维佐西
说。画室的发现“将帮助学者们更好地理解达芬奇创作的环境。”