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  • Artist Ron Piccirillo claims he found the heads of a lion, an ape and a buffalo hovering in the air in the background of the Mona Lisa, after turning the painting on its side.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • Piccirillo is analyzing the results of that second trial to see if any patients benefited.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • The animals led Piccirillo to Leonardo da Vinci's journals and a few passages that mention the animals he sees.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • New York artist Ron Piccirillo is claiming to have unlocked the secrets behind one of the most mysterious faces in history - Mona Lisa.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • Still, Piccirillo said he is confident in his assessment and his theory.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • Members of the art community do not necessarily agree with Piccirillo's sense of the importance of his discovery.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • Piccirillo said he believes that Mona Lisa was not an actual person, but, rather, symbolic of the human trait of envy.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • Though the passage does not mention the "Mona Lisa" specifically, Piccirillo said he believes the references to the serpent and the lion lead back to the painting and back to the woman with the infamous smile.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • "When I came across these answers, which I call the 'accidental discovery,' I wasn't seeking the information," Piccirillo told ABCNews.com.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • Piccirillo argues that several animals can be seen hidden in the painting when it is set horizontally.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

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