An image of a portrait underneath the Mona Lisa has been found beneath the existing painting using reflective light technology， according to a French scientist.

　　一位法国科学家称，通过光反射技术，在现存的蒙娜丽莎肖像下发现了另一肖像。

　　Pascal Cotte said he has spent more than 10 years using the technology to analyse the painting. He claims the earlier portrait lies hidden underneath the surface of Leonardo’s most celebrated artwork. A reconstruction shows another image of a sitter looking off to the side. The Louvre Museum has declined to comment on his claims because it “was not part of the scientific team”.

　　帕斯卡科特说，他十年以来，一直通过科技分析蒙娜丽莎画像。他称，早期的肖像图在隐藏在莱昂纳多最著名的艺术画作表面之下。重建后，显示了一个眼睛看向一边的另一个画像模特。罗浮宫对此言论未发表过多评论，因为它“不是科研队伍的一员”

　　Instead of the famous， direct gaze of the painting which hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris， the image of the sitter also shows no trace of her enigmatic smile， which has intrigued art lovers for more than 500 years. But Mr Cotte’s claims are controversial and have divided opinion among Leonardo experts.

　　蒙娜丽莎珍藏于卢浮宫。五百多年来，画作中模特神秘的微笑，取代了她时时注视观赏者的出名的眼神，吸引了许多艺术爱好者。但是科特先生的言论引起了争议，研究达芬奇的专家中，对此言论形成了不同的意见。

　　The scientist， who is the co-founder of Lumiere Technology in Paris， was given access to the painting in 2004 by the Louvre. He has pioneered a technique called Layer Amplification Method (LAM)， which he used to analyse the Mona Lisa. It works by “projecting a series of intense lights” on to the painting， Mr Cotte said。 A camera then takes measurements of the lights’ reflections and from those measurements， Mr Cotte said he is able to reconstruct what has happened between the layers of the paint.

　　这位科学家是巴黎流明技术的共创人，在2004年通过卢浮宫同意，有机会研究蒙娜丽莎。他是使用图层放大法研究蒙娜丽莎的先驱。科特先生说，这项技术通过“发射一系列强光”在画作上来完成工作。然后，相机测量光的反射，通过这些测量，科特先生称得以在各个图层间完成了重建。

　　The Mona Lisa has been the subject of several scientific examinations over more than half a century. More recent techniques include infrared inspections and multi-spectral scanning. But Mr Cotte has claimed his technique is able to penetrate more deeply into the painting. He said： “We can now analyse exactly what is happening inside the layers of the paint and we can peel like an onion all the layers of the painting. We can reconstruct all the chronology of the creation of the painting.”

　　在超过半个世纪以来，蒙娜丽莎受到了各种科学检测。很多最新的科技，包括红外线检测和多光谱扫描。但是，科特先生称，他的技术能更深层地洞察画作。他说：“我们现在能够精确地分析画作的各个图层内发生了什么，我们能像剥洋葱一样剥开画作的各个图层。我们重现画作创作的整个时段。”

　　'Shatter many myths’

　　“打破谜团”

　　Leonardo is believed to have worked on the painting between 1503 and 1517 while working in Florence and later in France. There has long been debate about the Mona Lisa’s identity. But for centuries， it has been widely believed that she is Lisa Gherardini， the wife of a Florentine silk merchant.

　　莱昂纳多于1503年到1517年间，在佛罗伦萨工作之后转到法国工作，人们认为，他与此期间创作了蒙娜丽莎。蒙娜丽莎的身份问题引起了长久地讨论。但是，几个世纪以来，大多人相信，她就是丽莎盖拉尔迪尼，一个佛罗伦萨丝绸商人的妻子。

　　But Mr Cotte has claimed his discoveries challenge that theory. He believes the image he has reconstructed underneath the surface of the painting is Leonardo’s original Lisa， and that the portrait named Mona Lisa for more than 500 years is， in fact， a different woman.

　　但是，科特先生称，他的发现挑战了这一理论。他相信，他在画作表面之下重建的形象是莱昂纳多的最初的丽莎，而五百多年来被称作蒙娜丽莎的肖像其实是另一个女人。

　　He said： “The results shatter many myths and alter our vision of Leonardo’s masterpiece forever. When I finished the reconstruction of Lisa Gherardini， she is totally different to Mona Lisa today. This is not the same woman。” He also claims to have found two more images under the surface of the painting - a shadowy outline of a portrait with a larger head and nose， bigger hands but smaller lips.

　　他说到：“这一结果打破了很多谜团，并从此改变了我们对莱昂纳多的杰作的看法。当我完成了对丽莎盖拉尔迪尼的重建后，她与现在的蒙娜丽莎完全不同了，这不是同一个女人了。”他还称，在画作表面下又发现了更外两个形象，一个肖像的朦胧的轮廓，头、鼻子、双手都更大一些，但是仍微笑着。

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