The painting appears to be a completed, painted version of a pencil sketch drawn by Leonardo da Vinci in Mantua in the Lombardy region of northern Italy in 1499.
Posted on 10/04/2013 1:28:39 PM PDT by Red Badger
It was lost for so long that it had assumed mythical status for art historians. Some doubted whether it even existed.
But a 500-year-old mystery was apparently solved today after a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci was discovered in a Swiss bank vault.
The painting, which depicts Isabella d’Este, a Renaissance noblewoman, was found in a private collection of 400 works kept in a Swiss bank by an Italian family who asked not to be identified.
It appears to be a completed, painted version of a pencil sketch drawn by Leonardo da Vinci in Mantua in the Lombardy region of northern Italy in 1499.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
The painting appears to be a completed, painted version of a pencil sketch drawn by Leonardo da Vinci in Mantua in the Lombardy region of northern Italy in 1499.
Looks like a forgery.
That's a big collection.....Too bad they were stashed, art needs to be seen.
Some people invest in gold. Some in art.
:-) :-)
I thought at first you were wrong, but as I looked more closely, the painting appears to be missing that “je ne sais quoi” of a da Vinci and even his study sketch.
And the smart ones know that in a real crisis gold and art will be worthless.
She has one hell of a trigger finger!
The expression of the face is bland, devoid of character, the hair lacks texture, the chaplet is tilted at an unlikely angle and looks wrong for the period, and the neckline of the dress is quite different from the drawing. If it’s a Leonardo, he really dashed it off, but I doubt it.
Which one?.................
Needed some quick cash for his inventions research...............
Maybe it was Fernando Da Vinci....................
Not a very appealing painting.
I’d be glad to take it................
Yeah me too! I’d sell it as soon as I found a buyer.
I prefer Leo's Elvis on Velvet.
Comparing the sketch to the work, my guess is the painting was started then abandoned by LDV, then later finished/restored/*improved* by some apprentice or novice.
If this is Da Vinci which I highly doubt not one of his best works by far.
I agree; the sketch is far superior to that painting. They’d better sell that painting to a museum quick, before they identify all the “improvements” by some other hand.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.