La bella principessa documentary

When an openminded jewish librarian and his son become victims of the holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to. Interview with martin kemp, leonardo da vinci discovery. A smudged fingerprint has convinced art experts that a painting thought to have dated back to the early 19th century is the work of revered italian artist leonardo da vinci. Media in category bella principessa by leonardo da vinci the following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total. The beautiful princess, also known as portrait of bianca sforza, young girl in profile in renaissance dress and portrait of a young fiancee, is a portrait in coloured chalks and ink, on vellum, of a young lady in fashionable costume and hairstyle of a milanese of the 1490s. The full article was published in the mirror issue 114, page 27. But leonardo scholars continue to be divided that the work is by the renaissance master, as the documentary details through various interviews. It shows the forensic work which was done in order to look at the individual layers of the drawing, the damage done when removing it from a larger tome of material, the left handed brush strokes and several other interesting details. Trois crayons black, red and white chalk, heightened with pen and ink on vellum, laid on oak panel. With roberto benigni, nicoletta braschi, giorgio cantarini, giustino durano.

The story behind the exciting discovery and authentication of a. Profile of the bella principessa by leonardo da vinci. Leonardo da vinci loved women and he worked hard to give them portraits they deserved. Its an exciting idea, but important questions remain.

The documentary gives both sides of the story with several experts testifying as to why they believe and why they do not believe that the. The saga might have ended there, with silverman exposed as a fantasist. In her honor, kemp decides to give the portrait a name. If you look at the larger view of the image above click, and it will open in a new window, youll see a series of light ink parallel hatching lines from the nose to the top of the. In 2010 kemp and cotte published their findings in a book. It was purchased for a little more than twentythousand dollars. Parchment looked too new for something old, so he made a drawing on its back.

The first thing to do was age the foundation, greenhalg writes. Pbs documentary attempts to identify renaissanceera. The former is also unfinished, rendered softly with the sfumato effect, fluid in execution, while the shading is on the. An art world mystery worthy of leonardo the new york times. There is no documentary evidence of its existence, even though leonardo was a celebrated artist whose every step was chronicled and commented on. Martin kemp and pascal cotte find the ultimate proof. Against the odds, kemp tracked the volume down, to polands national library in warsaw. Some scholars have attributed it to leonardo da vinci but the attribution and the work. The content is fascinating and the quality of reproductions is of the highest standard. Several prominent leonardo scholars agreed, others were skeptical. The discovery of a new drawing by leonardo da vinci. Authenticating a painting believed to be the work of a master is a combination of science and art.