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Chapter 40

           StillothersclaimedthatXraysoftheMonaLisarevealedsheoriginallyhadbeenpaintedwearingalapislazulipendantofIsisadetailDaVincipurportedlylaterdecidedtopaintover.Langdonhadneverseenanyevidenceofthependant,norcouldheimaginehowitcouldpossiblyrevealtheHolyGrail,andyetGrailaficionadosstilldiscusseditadnauseumonInternetbulletinboardsandworldwide-webchatrooms.

           Everyonelovesaconspiracy.

           Andtheconspiracieskeptcoming.Mostrecently,ofcourse,hadbeentheearthshakingdiscoverythatDaVinci’sfamedAdorationoftheMagiwashidingadarksecretbeneathitslayersofpaint.ItalianartdiagnosticianMaurizioSeracinihadunveiledtheunsettlingtruth,whichtheNewYorkTimesMagazinecarriedprominentlyinastorytitled»TheLeonardoCover-Up.»

           SeracinihadrevealedbeyondanydoubtthatwhiletheAdoration’sgray-greensketchedunderdrawingwasindeedDaVinci’swork,thepaintingitselfwasnot.ThetruthwasthatsomeanonymouspainterhadfilledinDaVinci’ssketchlikeapaint-by-numbersyearsafterDaVinci’sdeath.Farmoretroubling,however,waswhatlaybeneaththeimpostor’spaint.PhotographstakenwithinfraredreflectographyandXraysuggestedthatthisroguepainter,whilefillinginDaVinci’ssketchedstudy,hadmadesuspiciousdeparturesfromtheunderdrawing…asiftosubvertDaVinci’strueintention.Whateverthetruenatureoftheunderdrawing,ithadyettobemadepublic.Evenso,embarrassedofficialsatFlorence’sUffiziGalleryimmediatelybanishedthepaintingtoawarehouseacrossthestreet.

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