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Why This Painting Might Be a Leonardo

August 7, 2012 by Marion Maneker

The Daily Mail reports on a work that was stored in a Scottish farmhouse that a Sotheby’s expert thinks might be Leonardo’s last painting. Here they illustrate some of the telltale signs this work might be by the hand of the Master:

Indications of a da Vinci: 1. A similarity between the boy and child in his famous piece Madonna of the Rocks, 2. A distinctive ‘v’ shape in the middle of the woman’s hairline reminiscent of that shown in the last supper, 3. The fleur-de-lys is often said to be a hidden emblem of the secretive Priory of Sion, 4. The area by the woman’s shoulder is unfinished, common in da Vinci works, 5. A tracing of the figure in the Last Supper matches exactly the outline of the woman in this painting, 6. The baby’s second toe is longer than the big toe – another classic da Vinci feature

The lost da Vinci: Is this painting found hanging on the wall of a Scottish farmhouse one of the master’s works worth £100m? (Daily Mail)

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