No Doubt About It - Another da Vinci Has Been Determined Authentic - By: Aubrey Moulton

Experts feel they have discovered a new Leonardo da Vinci original. A Montreal-based forensic art expert Peter Paul Biro is convinced that he has seen another Leonardo masterpiece. In order to identify the artist, a century’s old-fingerprint on the presumed 19th-century German painting was compared to one found on a verified Leonardo. The fingerprints corresponded and the results have been reported.

The painting was bought in 2007 by a Canadian art collector Peter Silverman for an anonymous Swiss Collector. The painting is of a young woman who looks like a German princess and is called the "Profile of the Bella Principessa." Before being privately owned in 2007 the painting was at the Ganz gallery in New York for several years.The painting was valued at $19,000. However, since the discovery, the piece could now command at least $150 million.

This artwork is the first major Leonardo discovery identified in over a century. Biro upholds his results by pointing out that the print of an index or middle finger was found on the painting and that it is verified by a fingerprint found on Leonardo's "St. Jerome." Currently “St Jerome" is hung in the Vatican and with permission the firm was able to use multispectral images of the painting. The lab was then able to an advanced digital scanner to confirm multiple layers of the work.

Apparently fingerprints are to be found in several of da Vinci's works. By utilizing multispectral imaging they were able to get a readable fingerprint from St. Jerome and contrast it with the fingerprint located on the "Profile of Bella Principessa" painting. The results astonished the art world and the world at large.

Not only does the painting have Leonardo's fingerprint, but also his technique, style, and general makeup. Findings point to Leonardo. Experts were initially reluctant to state it was a Leonardo, including the Swiss owner. However, the science has proven the theory to be correct and even curators at the British Museum are attesting the pronouncement.

Experts feel they have discovered a new Leonardo da Vinci painting. A Montreal-based forensic art expert Peter Paul Biro is convinced that he has found another Leonardo masterpiece. In order to identify the artist, a century’s old-fingerprint on the presumed 19th-century German painting was compared to one found on a verified Leonardo. The fingerprints corresponded and the results speak for themselves.

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