Tuesday, 19. August 2008
Topic: ART - on August 19, 2008 at 10:31:00 AM CEST
The £10,000 drawing that turned out to be a £100 MILLION Da Vinci
As an artist, inventor, anatomist, engineer, mathematician and even a botanist, Leonardo Da Vinci was the ultimate Renaissance man.
However, it seems he may have had one more string to his bow - as a matchmaker.
Art historians now believe he is responsible for this 500-year-old pen and ink drawing, which was commissioned by a female Italian aristocrat to show to potential suitors.
Known as Nuptial Portrait of a Young Woman, it was sold for £10,000 in 1998 after being attributed to a German artist.
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