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Mona Lisa v ‘the monstrous’: the grotesque, shocking side of Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa v ‘the monstrous’: the grotesque, shocking side of Leonardo da Vinci,The Italian master didn’t just paint the conventionally beautiful. As a new National Gallery show reveals, he was also drawn to irregular, diseased and aged faces – all captured with mind-bending accuracy and compassion

Mona Lisa v ‘the monstrous’: the grotesque, shocking side of Leonardo da Vinci

The Italian master didn’t just paint the conventionally beautiful. As a new National Gallery show reveals, he was also drawn to irregular, diseased and aged faces – all captured with mind-bending accuracy and compassion