Archive for October 24th, 2009
Cosimo and the Watch, Leonardo’s Fingerprint, and Mona Lisa’s Smile
Saturday, October 24th, 2009Art experts at the Science Museum think they may have found the world’s oldest painting to feature a watch in a hitherto unknown picture of a member of the influential Medici family. Read the story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/6349023/Science-Museum-unearths-unknown-portrait-of-Medici-lord.html Meanwhile, A previously unknown portrait by Leonardo da Vinci potentially worth tens of millions of pounds is thought [...]