[ml/nj]

The last guy interviewed didn't think it was a da Vinci self-portrait, but it wasn't clear why he said what he said.

Even the one painting supposedly his

here in the US is disputed.

Interesting.

ML/NJ

[JoeProBono]

[AndyJackson]

supposedly his here [Ginevra de' Benci] in the US is disputed.

It has been very thoroughly studied, chemically, and with radar and infrared. They have even found LDV's fingerprint in the paint. It is now undisputed. Moreover, after spending many hours staring at it over many years I can assure you that it is a remarkable masterpiece. There is a certain compositional arrangement that gives it the classic mark of a genius, but I have never seen it commented upon. Moreoever, if you look carefully at the control of color and tone on the face, the incredibly subtle shadow, and the shear fabric at her throat, there can be no question of the mastery with which this is painted.

It is like one of those Shakesperian authorship problems. If it is not by Da Vinci, then there must have been a second genius of his stature.