Error auctioneers Christie: The painting, dating from the 19 th century, found a fingerprint da Vinci

Professor Emeritus of Art History at Oxford University, Martin Kemp (Martin Kemp) stated that the painting "The young girl in profile, wearing a dress of the Renaissance" (Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress), pushed under the hammer at auction Christie for 19 thousand dollars, belongs to Brush the great Leonardo da Vinci, the newspaper reported on Monday Antiques Trade Gazette.

While these words may be perceived in the scientific world only as a hypothesis, but if it is true, the real value of the paintings - tens of millions of dollars.

Identify the origin of works of art helped fingerprint, found in the upper left corner of the picture, which is "virtually identical" with the imprint on the work of Leonardo's "St. Jerome", stored in the Vatican.

Painting with the profile of a young girl, dressed in the fashion of 15 centuries, was put up for auction Christie in 1998, as the work of an unknown German artist's early 19 th century. The picture has become a New York dealer Kate Ganz (Kate Ganz), who later, in 2007, resold it to the current owner of a European Canadian origin Silvermen named Peter (Peter Silverman).

Silvermen decided to give a picture for examination to determine its true value. And has not lost: radiocarbon analysis showed that the time of creation of a portrait is the 15 century. Also been analyzed with the help of infrared rays, which revealed a similarity between the paintings purchased Silvermenom, and the work of Leonardo's "Portrait of a Woman in Profile", which is located in Windsor Castle. Strokes ink and fine sediment left-handed artist, what was da Vinci.

According to the hypothesis of the Oxford art historian Kemp, "A young girl in profile, wearing a dress of the Renaissance" was written with Bianca Maria Sforza, daughter of the Duke of Milan Ludovico Maria Sforza (1452 - 1508), to the court by Leonardo da Vinci had been invited as an architect, Water and designer of military vehicles in 1482.

Kemp's Italian colleague, Professor Carlo Pedretti (Carlo Pedretti), who heads the Foundation for Research on creativity yes

13 October 2009 | age, arts, era, girl, imprint, paintings, professor

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