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Possible Leonardo da Vinci painting found in Swiss bank vault
A 500-year-old
painting that may be a lost masterpiece of Leonardo
da Vinci has been discovered in a
Swiss bank vault. Experts believe that the portrait is a finished version of a
pencil sketch of Renaissance noblewoman Isabella d’Este. The sketch, which is
currently hanging in the Louvre Museum in Paris, was completed in 1499 or 1500.
Historical records indicate that d’Este,
the Marchesa of Mantua, was pleased with the sketch and requested that da Vinci
create an oil portrait for her. Art historians have believed for centuries that
the request was never fulfilled, or the painting was lost. Carbon dating
determined that there is a 95% chance the work was painted between 1460 and
1650. Other tests showed that both the primer and pigment match those used by
da Vinci.
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