Leonardo da Vinci (1452 –1519). Recto: Study for a San Sebastian in a landscape. Verso: Two scientific studies, one shadows created by a candle and the other on the interplay of light and shadow. In addition, there are to reversed, hand-writen, partial texts.19.3 x 13 cm
Source: Tajan Auction Hourse (www.tajan.com)
Drawing by Leonardo discovered in France French auction house Tajan has announced the discovery of an exceptional drawing by the Italian Master Leonardo da Vinci, valued at 15 million euros ($15.8 million)]]>
December 14th 2016. Source: Tajan Auction Hourse
According to Tajan, “In the Codex Atlanticus, a list compiled by Leonardo, eight Saint Sebastians are mentioned. We currently believe that our drawing representing ‘The Martyred Saint Sebastian’ belongs to this illustrious group.” Tajan also published a statement by The Metropolitan Museum of Art: “In the scholarly opinion of Carmen C. Bambach, our expert on the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, this is an exciting new discovery of an authentic double-sided sheet by the master (1452-1519).“
The drawing has been valued at 15 million euros ($15.8 million), but it is still uncertain if the French Government will allow its sale to a foreign buyer.
Recent allegedly discoveries of works by Leonardo
On October 2009, a leaf depicting “Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress” or “La bella principessa”, made big news when it was attributed by some scholars to Leonardo da Vinci. A forensic art examiner claimed to have discovered a fingerprint very similar to one found on Leonardo’s “Saint Jerome in the Wilderness”. The work was quickly valued at $150 million. But many well-known experts, including Klaus Albrecht Schröder from the Albertina, Everett Fahy from the Metropolitan, and art historian Fred R. Kline; have strongly rejected this attribution. In 2011, the long-lost painting of the “Salvator Mundi” was exhibited at the great exhibition of Leonardo in the National Gallery of London, and then sold to a Russian collector for $127,5 million, according to sources. Recently, some experts claimed to have found a canvas depicting Isabella d’Este (related to the drawing now at the Louvre) in a Swiss Collection
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