If confirmed, this painted glazed tile may show historians what Leonardo da Vinci looked like as a teenager. This is because the work of 147 1 may actually be a self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci-in essence, he put his face on the face of an angel when he was 18 years old.
However, many people doubt the authenticity of this work of art. According to the British "Guardian" report, Martin Kemp, an emeritus professor of art history at Oxford University and an expert of Leonardo da Vinci, categorically refuted this statement. Kemp told The Guardian: "Ten Best Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci"
"The chance of Da Vinci's appearance is less than zero." According to CNN, Ernesto Solari, an art historian and Leonardo da Vinci expert, and Ivana Rosa Bonfantino, a handwriting expert, said that Leonardo da Vinci's stupid season would never end. Both of them said that the signatures and dates of "Da Vinci" and "147 1" were written on the angel's chin, which was very consistent with Da Vinci's handwriting, beside the date 147 1.
It's number 52 and number 72. According to the contemporary art magazine Frieze, when solari said 52, he probably meant 1452, which was the year when Leonardo da Vinci was born. Meanwhile, 7 and 2 can refer to the letters "G" and "B" (G is the seventh letter in the alphabet and B is the second letter), which can represent Gabriel. According to The Times, solari said that these numbers "are not just a signature, they are typical of the famous puzzles he loved all his life." When analyzing the handwriting, Bang Fantino consulted the documents known to belong to Leonardo da Vinci, including a letter from Master to Cardinal hipolito Dester in 1507, and the signature on a contract that commissioned the painting "The Virgin of the Rock" in 1483.
Bon Fantino noticed that "1" in 147 1 is shorter than other numbers, which is consistent with the works before Leonardo da Vinci.
At the press conference held in Rome, solari described how the descendants of the Italian Ravello aristocrat finnis family discovered this glazed tile. Since 1499, Giovanna, Duchess of Amafi, gave it to them, it has been the property of the family. However, according to CNN, solari said that although his family didn't know the real source of this artwork recently, "Thankfully, they realized that this artwork was more dazzling than other things they found when cleaning the house, that is, when they called us." . According to the Guardian,
Solari added that dating techniques, including thermoluminescence (a technique for dating ancient ceramics), supported that ceramic tiles were created in the15th century.
Solari said that it was probably his grandparents who were burned to death in Da Vinci's father's kiln. However, according to the British Guardian, by 147 1, Leonardo da Vinci, who was born illegally, had left his home in Finch to be an apprentice to the Italian sculptor andrea del verrocchio. Today, most of Da Vinci's works are collected in museums. But some of them are private collections. Just last year, Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting, known as the "savior of the world", was auctioned at Christie's for $450.3 million, making it the most expensive work ever.
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