Sometimes you get lucky, I guess!
As an artist, inventor, anatomist, engineer, mathematician and even a botanist, Leonardo Da Vinci was the ultimate Renaissance man.
However, it seems he may have had one more string to his bow - as a matchmaker.
Art historians now believe he is responsible for this 500-year-old pen and ink drawing, which was commissioned by a female Italian aristocrat to show to potential suitors.
Known as Nuptial Portrait of a Young Woman, it was sold for £10,000 [US $20,000] in 1998 after being attributed to a German artist.
However, experts say it is looking 'more and more like a Leonardo work'.
This would push its value up as high as £100 million [US $200 million].
I wonder who's the present owner? If it's a private citizen, I bet he or she is laughing all the way to the bank!
Peter
2 comments:
The art world is insane. Lenny would be the first to say so. Besides, the "values" of art works have nothing to do with the art. It's a game played between dealers and their wealthy clients.
In some countries the confiscatory taxes would take most of that profit.
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