Mona Lisa is still a mystery

Associated Press

FLORENCE, Italy

Scientific testing of bone fragments from a Florence church grave could not determine whether they are from the body of a Renaissance-era woman some believe was the model for Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” researchers said Thursday.

The question of who might have been the model has intrigued art historians for centuries, and they differ on her identity.

It was hoped that the testing would have identified the remains as that of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of rich silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo,