Without the famous smile, did you even recognize her?

I will now demonstrate how the placement of the mirror image line gives you completely different effects. Above is a ‘tip of the nose’ line.

Here, I went with the center of the eye.

And that is what I like to call ‘the Siamese twin’ look.

Any way you slice it… or her… it is a captivating painting. I have seen it in the Louvre.

It is a lot smaller than I thought it would be.