Rectangle, upper left, is area where da Vinci's fingerprint was found
A USA Today article details one of those things that still occasionally happens in the art world. A Swiss collector paid approximately $19,000 for a painting in 2007. The painting has recently been attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and appraised at more than $150,000,000.
The attribution came after a team of experts looked at the materials used; compared the style of the work with Leonardo’s known works; and found a fingerprint on the painting that matched Leonardo’s.
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kseverny // October 14, 2009 at 7:43 pm |
this is just amazing