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Ron Piccirillo, 37, who is an oil painter and graphic designer, claims to have finally cracked the 500-year-old mystery of the Mona Lisa -- by spotting hidden images that nobody has seen before, the Daily Telegraph reported.

Piccirillo found the heads of a lion, an ape and a buffalo hovering in the air after turning the painting on its side. He also discovered a crocodile or snake coming out of the left hand side of her body by following the instructions as laid out in the journals of Leonardo da Vinci.

Piccirillo claims that his discovery cracks open the meaning of the work -- that the Mona Lisa is actually a representation of envy.

Piccirillo says he has found similar hidden images in other Renaissance painters like Titian and Rafael. （点击《每日电讯报》查看原文）

《蒙娜丽莎》暗藏四只动物

       37岁的油画家﹑美术设计师罗恩·皮西里罗称，他在《蒙娜丽莎》中看到了之前从被发现的隐藏的形象，破解了《蒙娜丽莎》暗藏500年的秘密。

       据英国《每日电讯报》报道，将该画作横过来时，皮西里罗在画中袅袅的空气里发现了狮子﹑猿猴和水牛的头。按照达·芬奇的笔记所给的提示，他还发现一只又像鳄鱼又像蛇的动物从蒙娜丽莎的左侧游走出来。

       皮西里罗称，自己的发现破解了该画作的意义，即《蒙娜丽莎》实际上所表达的主题是妒嫉。

       他还表示，自己在提香和拉斐尔等其他文艺复兴时期画家的作品中，也发现了类似的隐藏形象。

(China.org.cn December 8, 2011)