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(47,953 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2013, 01:47 PM Oct 2013

Leonardo da Vinci painting lost for centuries found in Swiss bank vault [View all]

The painting appears to be a completed, painted version of a pencil sketch drawn by Leonardo da Vinci in Mantua in the Lombardy region of northern Italy in 1499

But a 500-year-old mystery was apparently solved today after a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci was discovered in a Swiss bank vault.

The painting, which depicts Isabella d’Este, a Renaissance noblewoman, was found in a private collection of 400 works kept in a Swiss bank by an Italian family who asked not to be identified.

It appears to be a completed, painted version of a pencil sketch drawn by Leonardo da Vinci in Mantua in the Lombardy region of northern Italy in 1499.

The sketch, the apparent inspiration for the newly found work, hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

For centuries it had been debated whether Leonardo had actually had the time or inclination to develop the sketch into a painted portrait.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10356401/Leonardo-da-Vinci-painting-lost-for-centuries-found-in-Swiss-bank-vault.html

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Leonardo da Vinci painting lost for centuries found in Swiss bank vault [View all] n2doc Oct 2013 OP

Treasures like this should NEVER be in private hands! nt onehandle Oct 2013 #1

Indeed. 2naSalit Oct 2013 #2

Why not? SheilaT Oct 2013 #3

.... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2013 #4

Well said. nt Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #5

The unelected 'manager' of Detroit wants to sell off their art museum. onehandle Oct 2013 #7

Can you see even a teensy difference between that situation SheilaT Oct 2013 #8

No. onehandle Oct 2013 #10

My family hid their treasures from the Nazis in Swiss bank vaults. msanthrope Oct 2013 #24

Well, Swiss bank accounts ain't what they used to be. onehandle Oct 2013 #25

My family hid "art of note." We bought it. nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #28

Well, send your Da Vinci's to the nearest museum. onehandle Oct 2013 #29

+1 nt Earth_First Oct 2013 #12

+1. Unfortunately, there will always be people who want to take ..... oldhippie Oct 2013 #15

I disagree. Earth_First Oct 2013 #6

In 500 years you will be dead. onehandle Oct 2013 #9

Maybe my family will still enjoy it in 500 years... Earth_First Oct 2013 #11

Is there anything else privately owned that you Jenoch Oct 2013 #31

I support a hefty Inheritance Tax that whould apply to priceless works of Art. bvar22 Oct 2013 #34

How do you know that they didn't buy it directly from da Vinci? GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #13

Bingo. SheilaT Oct 2013 #14

Tell that to the Barnes Foundation blogslut Oct 2013 #16

So he built a museum and gallery to benefit artists and the arts. onehandle Oct 2013 #17

What about great art that hangs in the homes of people with whom you politically align? blogslut Oct 2013 #21

I am a bit surprised at the discussion here BrotherIvan Oct 2013 #18

They kept all that art locked in a vault? treestar Oct 2013 #19

Leonardo did not paint that cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #20

Agree Vanje Oct 2013 #23

I don't think this is an original painting of Leonardo. OldEurope Oct 2013 #22

du rec. xchrom Oct 2013 #26

The painting doesn't look like a Da Vinci to me MNBrewer Oct 2013 #27

Thanks for posting, and from CS Monitor: Jefferson23 Oct 2013 #30

One thing that does bother me about the painting. > BlueJazz Oct 2013 #32

Poor lady. She's missing some fingers. progressoid Oct 2013 #33