I suggest reading this interesting New Yorker article on the authentication of oil paintings.
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I suggest reading this interesting New Yorker article on the authentication of oil paintings.
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Great referral. Too bad the article didn’t have an image with the story. If you actually look at “La Bella Principessa,” it really doesn’t look or feel like any other Leonardo. Looks very fake to me.
Video at: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2010/07/video-grann.html has an image of the work.
Image here too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Bella_Principessa
The art world is so silly. The author matters much more than the actual quality of the art. This painting sold for $22,000 when the author was unknown. If this painting is such a masterpiece, you’d think some connoisseur would value it as such, even if the author is nobody famous.
This is a marvellous article. I had the random good fortune to watch the 2006 documentary “Who the @##@ is Jackson Pollock?” the day before reading the article. This amplified the impact and enjoyment of the article significantly. Would strongly recommend that approach!