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Dr. Lillian Schwartz of Bell Labs suggests that Leonardo painted himself, supporting her theory by analyzing the facial features of Leonardo's face and that of the famous painting. She digitized both the self-portrait of the artist and the Mona Lisa, then flipped the self portrait and merged the two images together using a computer. She noticed the features of the face aligned perfectly!