Over 500 years after Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, an academic believes she has unravelled the mystery about the backdrop to one of the world's most famous works of art.

Ann Pizzorusso believes she has deduced the location of one of the world’s most famous portraits using her geological expertise.

A geologist claims she has figured out where the “Mona Lisa” was painted. Ann Pizzorusso, a geologist and Italian Renaissance specialist, says her geology background led her to conclude that Leonardo da Vinci painted the “Mona Lisa” in the town of Lecco,

Recently, a geologist claims to have figured out one of these mysteries using their expertise to determine the area where the painting is set. Ann Pizzorusso is a geologist and an art historian specializing in Da Vinci and his historical era.