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Maurizio Seracini the US diagnostician of Italian art specializing in non destructive analyses of art and architecture is investigating the whereabouts of a lost Leonardo da Vinci fresco, possibly hidden behind another wall painting in Florence. Seracini has adopted medical and military technologies to conduct diagnostics of art with minimal destruction of the artwork itself. Kate Deimling has published an article on ArtInfo, stating “…after receiving permission from Florentine authorities, Seracini and his team drilled six holes in the wall painting that may conceal da Vinci’s “Battle of Anghiari.” …to insert endoscopic probes and search behind it. …locations were chosen that were cracked or previously restored, so that there would be no damage to Vasari’s original work. …analysis of red, beige, and black pigment samples retrieved by the probes suggests that they are traces of paint, and the black material in particular shows “a chemical composition similar to black pigment found in brown glazes on Leonardo’s ‘Mona Lisa’ and ‘John the Baptist.’” Diemling in her article discusses the significant opposition Seracini and his backers are confronting from various scholars and researchers in the quest to locate the missing work after 450 years.

 

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Silvano Vinceti the 60 year old head of the Italian National Committee for the Promotion of Historic and Cultural Heritage, although not a trained historian or scientist, has turned his hand at historical investigations. He is currently attempting to verify the identity of the muse for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Mona Lisa is claimed in some circles to be a self-portrait, and in others to be Lisa Gherardini the wife of a Florentine silk merchant thought to have commissioned the portrait, or according to Vinceti the muse may have been da Vinci’s longtime male lover and apprentice Gian Giacomo Caprotti. In a process of elimination, Vinceti hopes to locate the body of Gherardini in a Florence convent, recovering the skull to reconstruct her face and compare to the painting. Inspired by Eleanor Biles and Silvia Aloisi ow.ly/51yf5 image source Facebook ow.ly/51y8B Looking for her bones seems a sacrilege (July 17 2011)

Silvano Vinceti the 60 year old head of the Italian National Committee for the Promotion of Historic and Cultural Heritage, although not a trained historian or scientist, has turned his hand at historical investigations. He is currently attempting to verify the identity of the muse for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Mona Lisa is claimed in some circles to be a self-portrait, and in others to be Lisa Gherardini the wife of a Florentine silk merchant thought to have commissioned the portrait, or according to Vinceti the muse may have been da Vinci’s longtime male lover and apprentice Gian Giacomo Caprotti. In a process of elimination, Vinceti hopes to locate the body of Gherardini in a Florence convent, recovering the skull to reconstruct her face and compare to the painting.

 

Inspired by Eleanor Biles and Silvia Aloisi http://ow.ly/51yf5 image source http://ow.ly/51y8B

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