Also, from the UK's Daily Mail:
New Leonardo da Vinci portrait discovered as it's matched to artist's fingerprint Mail Online
£100m surprise: Experts believe the fingerprint found in the top left hand corner of the painting, previously billed as 'German, early 19thC', could be that of Leonardo da Vinci's
The picture was sold at Christie's in New York in 1998, in an Old Master Drawings sale as a Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress - catalogued as 'German, early 19th century', with an estimate of 12,000 to 16,000 dollars.It went under the hammer for 19,000 dollars and was later sold for a similar sum to a Canadian-born connoisseur, Peter Silverman, in 2007.
Mr Silverman believed that there was more to the portrait and started to look into the matter after a discussion last year with Dr Nicholas Turner, formerly Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum.
The portrait is due to go on display in an exhibition in Sweden next year.
1 posted on
10/13/2009 1:57:22 AM PDT by
Stoat
To: Republicanprofessor; Sam Cree; Liz; woofie
“....the first major Leonardo Da Vinci find for 100 years”
2 posted on
10/13/2009 2:00:49 AM PDT by
Stoat
(Sarah Palin 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: SunkenCiv
“thought you might be interested” ping :-)
3 posted on
10/13/2009 2:03:55 AM PDT by
Stoat
(Sarah Palin 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: Stoat
4 posted on
10/13/2009 2:05:54 AM PDT by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: All
5 posted on
10/13/2009 2:07:56 AM PDT by
Stoat
(Sarah Palin 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
To: Stoat; FatherofFive
For crying out loud don’t let Dan Brown know about this.
He will some how find a way to make it the Church’s fault.
6 posted on
10/13/2009 2:12:36 AM PDT by
verga
(I am not an apologist, I just play one on Television)
To: Stoat
I wonder if this is the most valuable man-made item by weight and size? If it isn’t it certainly will be near the top!
7 posted on
10/13/2009 2:13:51 AM PDT by
SES1066
(Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
To: Stoat
That would be a fun Antiques Roadshow episode!
8 posted on
10/13/2009 2:16:25 AM PDT by
Melpomene
(Proud member of the Who Dat nation.)
To: Stoat
How well does that recognition technology work on footprints?
10 posted on
10/13/2009 2:27:55 AM PDT by
paulycy
(Screw the RACErs)
To: Stoat
This points out one important fact about the art world:
The value of a work depends more on who the artist was than the quality of the work itself.
16 posted on
10/13/2009 3:17:15 AM PDT by
Fresh Wind
("Prosperity is just around the corner." Herbert Hoover, 1932)
To: Stoat; Liz; AT7Saluki; writer33
Kemp believes the portrait must date from around 1496...I would test it for da Vinci DNA.
20 posted on
10/13/2009 5:22:02 PM PDT by
Libloather
(Tea Totaler, PROUD Birther, Mobster)
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