Posted on 08/07/2012 3:34:34 PM PDT by NYer
Fiona McLaren, 59, had kept an old painting in her Scottish farmhouse for decades. She reportedly didn't think much of the painting, which had been given to her as a gift by her father. But after she finally decided to have the painting appraised, some experts are speculating that it may in fact be a 500-year-old painting by Leonardo da Vinci and potentially worth more than $150 million.
"I showed it to him [auctioneer Harry Robertson] and he was staggered, speechless save for a sigh of exclamation," said Ms. McLaren, according to The People.
The Daily Mail says the painting may be of Mary Magdalene holding a young child. The painting is now undergoing further analysis by experts at the Cambridge University and the Hamilton Kerr Institute, who will attempt to uncover its exact age and origins.
Even if the painting is not a da Vinci original, it is believed to at least be from the da Vinci school, created by one of the master's pupils during the 16th century.
A papal bull was found attached to the back of the painting and is believed to have originated from the era of Pope Paul V, head of the Catholic Church in the early 17th century. McLaren says the word "Magdalene," is visible on the faded paper.
McLaren says she hopes the painting is sold to a museum, and she plans to donate a percentage of the painting's sale value after it is auctioned.
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I don’t think it’s by the hand of the master because it has no resemblance to anything else he ever did (in terms of brush strokes, line, etc.).
It may be from his studio, however, because artists maintained a stable of people who either copied or executed their works, that is, translated a sketch into a painting.
It’s still very interesting. The style, to me, looks like a curious combination of modern, looking at the faces of the Virgin and St John, and pre-Renn, looking at the setting combined with the depiction of the Infant.
I think it’s a workshop production, and I believe there may have been a Spanish painter involved, based mainly on the depiction of the Infant.
Clearly the Blessed Virgin with Christ and John the Baptist (a subject that da Vinci painted repeatedly).
Trust the Daily Mail to be utterly clueless - not exactly a bunch of highbrows over there.
You can get anything you want
At Alice’s Restaurant
(excepting Alice).
Explaining what each one was to be used in evidence against us . . . . .
Some people have all the luck.
Right, more Brit newspaper sensationalism!
LOL...maybe a damned good thriller novel and movie!
lol.
Why in the world would they think that this is Mary Magdalen, unless they’ve got a skull full of Da Vinci Code?
He was there for the Scottish Highland Games. Also to get a bottle of Glenlivet. Och Aye!
the child on the left is pointing to the lamb and holding a staff that is a cross over the childs head...(this child is the lamb of God and the cross is symbolic of the redeemer) just my opinion and the flower if you look at it with a magnifying glass does not look like a carnation....similar to what a zinnia looks like...too flat headed to be a carnation...jmho
Just reminded me to check my lottery ticket! I'll be back!
I'm back.
Some people have all the luck.
Zero correct numbers out of 6.
I already checked the garage. Lot of good stuff in there, but no paintings, violins, or parchment scrolls.
I don't think it looks like his work at all.
The artist’s last name isn’t “da Vinci,” which refers to his birthplace at Vinci in Tuscany. He should be referred to as Leonardo.
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LMAO!
***Perhaps da Vinci all along used the paint by number system. ***
There was a cartoon in Playboy mag about 40 years ago about this. At least I didn’t see it in my Charles ADDAMS book.
A restorer has removed a small section of paint and calls for his assistants to see the “paint by numbers” under drawing.
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