Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Italy to Explore for
Leonardo's Lost "Battle of Anghiari"
The
ANNOTICO Report
Italy to seek "lost Leonardo" behind Florence wall
The Scotsman
From Reuters
January 10, 2007
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - One of the art world's great mysteries may be about
to be solved: Did Leonardo Da Vinci paint a masterpiece that was lost in time,
and does it still survive today?
While his preliminary sketches of fighters on horseback survive, there is no
trace of the fresco itself. Some art historians believe it may never have been
completed, others say it was destroyed.
But one theory suggests it was covered up by subsequent art work at the Palazzo
Vecchio, the town hall, which is next to the Uffizi
gallery which contains some of Renaissance Italy's most treasured works of art.
"We've decided to give the go-ahead to explore the Salone
del Cinquecento to look for the Battle of Anghiari," Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli told reporters after a meeting with
"We've taken this decision to find out, once and for all, if there is a wall
cavity and if there are traces of the original fresco."
Mayor Leonardo Domenici said the exploration would be "brief" but
gave no specific timeline.
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