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Leonardo's Lost Princess

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by Peter Silverman


  Vezzosi, Alessandro. Discoveries: Leonardo da Vinci. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1997.

  Vinci, Leonardo da. Leonardo’s Notebooks. Edited by Anna Suh. London: Black Dog and Leventhal, 2009.

  Wittman, Robert K., with John Shiffman. Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures. New York: Crown, 2010.

  Zollner, Frank, and Nathan Johannes. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452–1519: The Complete Paintings and Drawings. 25th ed. London: Taschen, 2007.

  Websites

  Art Law Blog: www.theartlawblogspot.com

  Peter Paul Biro: www.paulbiro.net

  Christie’s: www.christies.com

  Martin Kemp: www.martinjkemp.com

  La Bella Principessa: www.labellaprincipessa.com

  Leonardo da Vinci Museum: www.museoleonardo.com

  Lumiere Technology: www.lumiere-technology.com

  Sotheby’s: www.sotheby's.com

  La Bella Principessa. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.

  La Bella Principessa shown in thirteen multispectral images, plus reconstructed scans in false color and infrared daylight. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.

  A close-up of the eye, which reveals Leonardo’s signature technique. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.

  The enlargement allows a clear view of Leonardo’s typical left-handed hatching around the profile and in the background. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.

  Pascal Cotte’s measurement of the head and face shows Leonardo’s impeccable specifications. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.

  Leonardo’s typical pentiments are shown in La Bella Principessa. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.

  Leonardo’s intricate knot patterns are in evidence on the image of La Bella Principessa. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.

  Detail of the pentiments behind the sitter’s head, showing areas of the artist’s erasures—typical of Leonardo. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.

  Close-up of a portion of the hair and headdress, showing the intricate detail. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.

  Location of Leonardo’s fingerprint. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.

  Pascal Cotte found numerous comparisons between Leonardo’s Lady with an Ermine and La Bella Principessa. In particular, he noted remarkable similarities in the anatomical structure of the eyes. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.

  Pascal Cotte (left) prepares to use his revolutionary multispectral imaging camera to photograph the Mona Lisa in a private room in the basement of the Louvre. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.

  Pascal and Martin examine the place in the Sforziada showing the missing page and the protruding remnant and find a match for La Bella Principessa. photo by permission of lumiere technology and martin kemp.

  Circles and arrows mark three holes showing that the image was once part of a codex or manuscript. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.

  Index

  acconciatura alla spagnuola

  Adoration of the Magi (Leonardo da Vinci)

  age, of portrait. See also carbon dating

  Altman, Richard

  American Leonardo, The (Brewer)

  Ames-Lewis, Francis

  anatomical drawings (Leonardo da Vinci)

  authentic representation in

  Kemp on

  mathematical precision of

  Annesley, Noël

  Antico

  Antiques Trade Gazette (ATG)

  Armand Hammer Foundation

  Art and Auction

  art authentication

  Biro on

  Clifford on

  Geddo on

  Gregori on

  Kemp on (See also Kemp, Martin)

  museum curators and

  Pedretti on

  Strinati on

  Turner on

  Vezzosi on (See also Vezzosi, Alessandro)

  See also carbon dating; connoisseurship; fingerprint authentication; multispectral digital imaging; provenance

  art collecting, about

  Artes (University of Pavia)

  Art Forger’s Handbook, The (Hebborn)

  art forgery

  by Hebborn

  by Landis

  Mona Lisa

  Portrait of a Woman Called La Bella Ferronnière

  problem of

  Turner on

  by van Meegeren

  Artful Tales: The Unlikely and Implausible Journal of an Art Dealer (Day)

  Art Law (Bresler)

  ArtNet

  ARTNews

  auction houses, staffing of. See also Christie’s; Sotheby’s

  Bambach, Carmen C.

  Baptism of Christ, The (Verrocchio)

  Bartolommeo, Fra

  Battle of Anghiari, The (Leonardo da Vinci)

  beauty

  Leonardo da Vinci on

  perception and

  “Becoming an Art Connoisseur” (Hoving)

  Being Bernard Berenson (Secrest)

  Bell, Joshua

  Bella Principessa, La (Leonardo da Vinci)

  age of

  costume and iconography

  dimensions of

  financial value of

  hairstyle features of

  identity of subject

  media used for

  multispectral digital imaging examination (See also Lumiere Technology)

  naming of

  needle holes in

  provenance of

  publicity about

  “Report on Portrait of a Young Woman in Profile” (Turner)

  sale of, in 1998

  sale of, in 2007

  security for

  technique

  vellum canvas of

  See also art authentication; Leonardo da Vinci

  Bella Principessa: The Story of the New Masterpiece by Leonardo, La (Kemp, Cotte)

  Belle Ferronnière, La (Leonardo da Vinci)

  hairstyle of subject

  Leonardo attribution of

  Portrait of a Woman Called La Belle Ferronnière and

  proportional system used for

  Bellincioni, Bernardo

  Bellotto, Bernardo

  Benton, Thomas Hart

  Berenson, Bernard

  on art connoisseurship

  Hahn and

  Marchigs and

  Biblioteca Nazionale (Naples, Italy)

  Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris)

  bifurcation

  Birago, Giovanni Pietro

  Birkbeck College, University of London

  Biro, Geza

  Biro, Joanne

  Biro, Laszlo

  Biro, Peter Paul

  biographical information

  on Leonardo authorship

  New Yorker article and

  on Pollock authorship

  on Turner authorship

  See also fingerprint authentication

  Black, William Harman

  Boltraffio

  Borne, Fran¸ois

  Boy Bitten by a Lizard (Caravaggio)

  Bresler, Judith

  Brewer, John

  British Library (London)

  British Museum (London)

  Chapman and

  Jones and

  Study of a Winged Figure; Allegory with Fortune

  Turner and

  Warrior with Helmet and Breastplate

  Brotherhood of St. Luke

  Brown, Dan

  Brueghel

  Bugiardini, Giuliano

  Burlington

  Cappuzzo, Gianmarco

  on Lumiere Technology

  Vezzosi and

  Caravaggio

  Boy Bitten by a Lizard

  Gregori on

  Saint Matthew painting

  carbon dating

  carbon-14 isotope technique

  need for

  reliability of

  Carpaccio, Vittore

  Castello Sforzesco

  Castigl
ione, Baldassare

  Caterina (mother of Leonardo da Vinci)

  Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture, and Anthropology

  chalk

  Chapman, Hugo

  Charles VIII (King of France)

  Chaudron, Yves

  Chichester Canal (Turner)

  Christ and His Disciples at Emmaus (forgery)

  Christie’s

  Borne and

  Dickenson and

  January art auctions

  Marchig v. Christie’s

  New Yorker article and

  1998 sale of La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) sold by, in 1998

  reaction to publicity

  Clifford, Timothy

  on first impression of La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci)

  La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) examined by

  on media publicity

  CNN

  coazzone

  Gregori on

  identifying portrait subject by

  Cobden, Sandra

  Codex (Leonardo da Vinci)

  color

  colorimetric print

  detected by multispectral digital imaging

  flesh tones

  materials used

  See also media (used for fine art); multispectral digital imaging

  Condé Nast

  connoisseurship

  Ganz on

  methodology

  New Yorker article on

  Pollock authentication and

  proving authenticity and

  Turner on

  Cooper, Anderson

  Cooper Hewitt Museum (New York)

  Corradis, Bernardina de

  Correggio, Niccolò da

  Corrigan, Caroline

  La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) reviewed by

  on restoration

  Cosimo, Piero di

  costume

  Cotte, Pascal

  biographical information

  Cappuzzo and

  on identity of portrait’s subject

  La Bella Principessa: The Story of the New Masterpiece by Leonardo

  La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) examined by

  Lady with an Ermine (Leonardo da Vinci) examined by

  Lumiere Technology established by

  Mona Lisa examined by

  on provenance

  publicity about La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) and

  craquelure

  spectral digital imaging used to detect

  van Meegeren and

  CRISATEL project

  Crivelli, Lucrezia

  Czartoryski, Prince (Poland)

  Czartoryski Museum (Krakow, Poland)

  Daily Telegraph (London)

  Da Vinci Code, The (Brown)

  Kemp on

  mock trial about

  Day, Richard

  Decker, Karl

  de Gaulle, Charles

  Department of European Paintings

  Desiderio da Settignano

  d’Este, Duchess Beatrice

  d’Este, Isabella (Marchioness of Mantua)

  detection techniques

  carbon dating

  chemical comparison

  DNA

  fingerprints

  multispectral digital imaging

  X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy

  De Vecchi, Pierluigi

  Dickenson, Simon

  DNA, for art authentication

  Dohnányi, Oliver von

  Dorment, Richard

  “Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference” (J. Paul Getty Museum)

  Dummies.com

  Dussler, Leopold

  Dutch Rembrandt Society

  Duveen, Joseph

  Eco, Umberto

  Ekserdjian, David

  Esterow, Milton

  “Expert Opinions and Liabilities” (New York University)

  facial features

  eyes

  Lady with an Ermine (Leonardo da Vinci)

  of Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci)

  Turner on technique

  Fahy, Everett

  False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes (Hoving)

  Figaro, Le (France)

  Financial Times

  Fine Arts Registry (FAR)

  fingerprint authentication

  analysis method for

  basic types of

  Biro on Leonardo da Vinci authorship

  Biro’s biographical information and

  mathematical analysis used for

  multispectral digital imaging of

  New Yorker article on

  Pollock example

  reliability of

  Turner example

  “Fingerprint Points to $19,000 Portrait Being Revalued as $100m Work by Leonardo da Vinci” (ATG)

  flesh tones

  fingerprint evidence and

  Leonardo da Vinci on

  multispectral digital imaging used for examination

  Florence, fifteenth century characteristics of

  foggia alla Francese

  frames, auction house customs regarding

  Francis (Fran¸ois) I (King of France)

  Franks, Theresa

  Gallerani, Cecilia

  poem about

  as subject of Lady with an Ermine (Leonardo da Vinci)

  See also Lady with an Ermine (Leonardo da Vinci)

  Ganz, Kate

  Dorment and

  La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) purchase (1998) by

  La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) sale by (2007)

  Ganz, Sally

  Ganz, Victor

  Gapper, John

  Gates, Bill

  Geddo, Cristina

  on identity of portrait’s subject

  La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) examined by

  “Getting to the Truth of Authentication” (Fine Arts Registry)

  Getty Conservation Institute

  Gherardini, Lisa. See Giocondo, Lisa del

  Ghirlandaio, Domenico

  Giacommetti

  Ginevra de’Benci (Leonardo da Vinci)

  Giocondo, Lisa del. See also Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci)

  Giocondo family

  Giovanni del Fora, Gherardo di

  Gnignera, Elisabetta

  Goering, Hermann

  Goguel, Catherine

  Gossaert, Jan

  Gothenburg exhibition

  Gould, David

  Grann, David

  Gregori, Mina

  on La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) authorship

  on La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) eye feature

  on La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) technique

  Vezzosi and

  Guardian (London)

  gum arabic

  Hahn, Andrée

  Hahn, Harry

  hair features

  coazzone

  Turner on

  Hals, Franz

  Harvard Center for Renaissance Studies

  hatching

  left-handedness and

  media and

  restoration and

  Turner on

  Head and Shoulders of a Woman

  Hebborn, Eric

  Herner, Richard

  Hewitt, Simon

  initial ATG story by

  La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) provenance and

  “New Evidence Strengthens Leonardo Claim for Portrait” (ATG)

  Hokusai, Katsushika

  Holy Grail

  Horne Museum (Florence)

  Horton, Teri

  Hoving, Thomas

  “Becoming an Art Connoisseur,”

  Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) and

  New Yorker article and

  on Pollock authentication

  Hug, J. Conrad

  International Foundation for Art Research

  Isabella of Aragon

  J. Paul Getty Museum />
  “Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference,”

  Turner and

  Jason & Queen Hippolyte with the Women of Lemnos (Cosimo)

  Jerusalem Museum

  Jesus

  Adoration of the Magi (Leonardo da Vinci)

  The Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio)

  Christ and His Disciples at Emmaus (forgery)

  The Da Vinci Code (Brown) portrayal of

  The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci)

  Shroud of Turin

  Jones, Mark

  Judas

  Julius II, Pope

  Kansas City Art Institute

  Katz, Daniel

  Kemp, Martin

  on appreciation of La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci)

  Berenson archives and

  on fingerprint evidence

  on identity of portrait’s subject

  La Bella Principessa: The Story of the New Masterpiece by Leonardo

  La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) examined by

  Leonardo

  Marchig v. Christie’s and

  at mock trial of The Da Vinci Code (Brown)

  National Gallery lecture (2010)

  on provenance

  on proving authenticity

  kermes berry

  Koetl, John

  Kress Foundation

  Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)

  Kurosawa, Akira

  Lady with an Ermine (Leonardo da Vinci)

  Cecillia Gallerani as subject of

  costume and iconography

  fingerprint evidence and

  Leonardo attribution of

  multispectral digital imaging used for

  proportional system used for

  provenance of

  Royal Castle Museum (Warsaw) exhibition

  lampblack

  Landesman, Peter

  Landis, Augustis

  Landscape with a Rainbow (Turner)

  lapis lazuli

  Lardoux, Andrée (Hahn)

  Last Supper, The (Leonardo da Vinci)

  commission for

  condition of

  fame of

  latent fingerprints

  lawsuits

  Biro’s suit against Grann

  Marchig v. Christie’s

  Lefranc of Paris

  left-handedness

  detecting

  restoration and

  Vezzosi on left-handed shading

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Adoration of the Magi

  anatomical drawings by

  The Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio) and

  The Battle of Anghiari

  biographical information

  Codex

  forgery attempt

  Ginevra de’Benci

  Hahn painting and

 

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