USF Art Prof Helps ID Possible Masterpiece

[slick1ru2]

I'm watching Nova about a curious portrait sold for $22k that might end up being a da Vinci and at the end of the show they mention USF professor Wright who gives info that goes a long way toward IDing this portrait as genuine.

Story. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/02/lost-da-vinci/o-neill-text

"Then, almost like divine intervention, a message came from D. R. Edward Wright, emeritus professor of art history at the University of South Florida. Having followed the very public dispute, Wright suggested to Kemp, whom he had never met, that his answer might lie in the National Library of Poland in Warsaw, inside a book called the Sforziad. Wright, an expert on Renaissance iconography, described it as a deluxe commemorative volume for the marriage of Bianca Sforza, a fit occasion for a Leonardo portrait."

Video (also on PBS apps under Nova). http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/mystery-masterpiece.html

Edited July 11, 2014 by slick1ru2

[NCBull]

Hmmm, very interesting!