Leonardo da Vinci, the famous author of The Mona Lisa and symbol of the Renaissance, would only be half Italian, according to an eminent academic, because the mother of the genius was a slave from the Caucasus, between Europe and Asia. (AFP)

Leonardo DeVinci, one of the highest representatives of Renaissance and famous author of Mona Lisawould have a different origin from what we believe until now, because according to an eminent academic, the painter would be half Italian.

The latest discoveries of the professor-researcher, Charles Vecé, from the University of Naples, indicate that the man born in 1452 was the result of an illegitimate relationship between a wealthy notary from the Florentine Republic and Caterina, presented until now as a peasant of modest origins of whom little was known and who is now believed was a slave

“She was a woman who had been abducted from her country of origin, in the Caucasus mountains, sold several times to Constantinople and then to Venice, who finally reached Florence, where she met the young notary Pierre da Vinci”, Vecce said in a statement. interview with AFP.

The most recent discoveries of the academic about the inventor have already sparked controversy among scholars of the Italian Renaissance.

With information from AFP

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