Leonardo's lost princess, one man's quest to authenticate an unknown portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, by Peter Silverman with Catherine Whitney
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Leonardo's lost princess, one man's quest to authenticate an unknown portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, by Peter Silverman with Catherine Whitney
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non fiction
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Leonardo's lost princess
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by Peter Silverman with Catherine Whitney
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one man's quest to authenticate an unknown portrait by Leonardo da Vinci
Summary
"How an oddly attributed $19,000 picture proved to be a $100 million work by Leonardo da Vinci-a true art-world detective story. In late 2010, art collector Peter Silverman revealed that a "German, early 19th century" portrait he had bought for $19,000 was, in fact, a previously unknown drawing by Leonardo da Vinci-an exquisite depiction of Bianca Sforza, rendered 500 years ago. In Leonardo's Lost Princess, Silverman gives a riveting first person account of how his initial suspicions of the portrait's provenance were confirmed repeatedly by scientists and art experts. He describes the path to authentication, fraught with opposition and controversy. The twists and turns of this fascinating, decade-long quest lead from art history to cutting-edge science, and from a New York art gallery to Paris, Milan, Zurich, and finally a Warsaw library where the final, convincing evidence that the portrait was indeed by Da Vinci was found... Unearthing the secrets of a work that were almost lost to history, the book is ideal reading for art lovers and anyone interested in an astounding case of "whodunnit""--, Provided by publisher
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