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Show Mona Lisa Smile F ound On Ancient Sculpture That Lbnardo da Vlncl waa not tha Investor of tha etrange, alluring, allur-ing, myaterloua amlla which haa made "Mona Lisa," tha moat famoua painting In the world la a new charge which haa caueed widespread wide-spread Intereat among artlata. An unknown Egyptian who lived between loo and 17 B. C. la now credited with being tha first man to concslva the amlla which haa been for yeara the increasing subject sub-ject of comment by critics end peycho log late. Cecil H. Oemllle. motion picture producer, who made thla dlacovery, unearthed the "Egyptian Mona Llea" during weeks of research for material for elaborate Egyptian scenes planned fnr hla forthcoming film veralon of "The Ten Command-menta." Command-menta." a Paramount picture. . He waa tha flrat to recognise the remarkable re-markable reaemblance between Leonardo da Vlncio "Mona Uea" and the atrange amlla on tha face of a statue of tha Egyptian Ooddesa rata, now reposing In tha Birmingham Birming-ham museum Birmingham, England En-gland A nr. Antony, a predeceasor of tha famoua Egyptologist, Profaesor Flinders Petree. discovered the atrange lals In 1141 at Thebes. It haa been famoua for many years becsuae of tha free, natural manner man-ner It Is dona In contrast to the hidebound convention which circumscribed cir-cumscribed most art f tha perid But apparsntlv all who have viewed It failed to notice the "Mona Uea ; tendency. When Director HeMIHe made a I comparison of pictures, however, the resemhlanca as immediately . made evident. There la no chance that da Vine! could have copied the "Egyptian Mona Lisa." aa It waa not d let-over ed until 0a years after hla daath. It 1a a clear caae. however, eay etf-perta, etf-perta, of two mtnda that worked la tha aama channel. |