02.18.2005 02:21
A new painting by da Vinci?
Officials will fly photographs of the restored
'The Adoration of the Christ Child' to Krakow, to compare a
fingerprint found on the painting with a fingerprint found on a da
Vinci in the Polish city, the BBC
reports.
'Lady With an Ermine' has one of the master's fingerprints.
'The Adoration of the Christ Child' has been attributed to Fra Bartolomeo (a Dominican), Raphael, Ghirlandaio, and Lorenzo di Credi.
The Blessed Virgin in the painting hanging in Rome's Galleria Borghese has large, masculine hands, something of a hallmark of da Vinci, along with wild primroses and blue veronica flowers, which symbolize the Resurrection and Mary's eyes, respectively.
The restoration also exposed a hazy edge around some objects, called 'sfumato', which da Vinci and others used.
'Lady With an Ermine' has one of the master's fingerprints.
'The Adoration of the Christ Child' has been attributed to Fra Bartolomeo (a Dominican), Raphael, Ghirlandaio, and Lorenzo di Credi.
The Blessed Virgin in the painting hanging in Rome's Galleria Borghese has large, masculine hands, something of a hallmark of da Vinci, along with wild primroses and blue veronica flowers, which symbolize the Resurrection and Mary's eyes, respectively.
The restoration also exposed a hazy edge around some objects, called 'sfumato', which da Vinci and others used.
Click on 'The Adoration of the Christ Child' to enlarge.
