So what does the Mona Lisa say if you ask her why she is smiling?
那么,如果你问蒙娜丽莎在笑什么,她会怎么回答呢?
She admits many people find her smile mysterious, but also hints that she is happy about becoming pregnant again after the death of a child.
她承认大家觉得她的笑很神秘,同时她还会高兴地暗示大家,在一个孩子死后,她又怀孕了。
Indeed, research by Canadian scientists on the actual painting revealed she was wearing a thin gauzy dress popular with early 16th century Italian ladies who were pregnant or had just given birth.
的确,加拿大科学家的研究报告显示,画作中的蒙娜丽莎身着薄纱裙,而这种裙子在16世纪早期怀有身孕或者刚刚生育的意大利妇女中相当流行。
The original Mona Lisa is an oil painting on a board of poplar and is housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
《蒙娜丽莎》的原作是一幅画在白杨树板上的油画,如今收藏在巴黎的罗浮宫博物馆。