Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (UEB uncontracted)

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Synopsis: This is an image of an oil painting of a woman. It was painted in 1505. The original is fairly dark from varnish with subdued colours. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left when the image is the right way up. The woman is facing forward and shown from the waist up with her head in the top centre of the page. Her face is pointed slightly to the left but her eyes are turned to look straight at you. She has long dark brown hair with a hint of red. Both arms are bent at the elbow and her hands are crossed in the bottom centre of the page. She gently rests on the arm to the right. She is wearing a dark green dress with loose folds of cloth and paler sleeves on her lower arms. She has the famous slight enigmatic smile. The background is a view of a distant soft landscape comprising forests, lakes, a track and an arched bridge. It is a range of greens and blue-greens with quite a bright blue for the water.