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October 22, 2009

Leonardo da Vinci Hand of the Genius Exhibit Inspires JW Marriott Hotel Buckhead Atlanta’s Newest Hotel Package (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)- About: leonardo da vinci,leonardo da vinci paintings

Inspired by the exhibit, the JW Marriott Hotel Buckhead Atlanta has created a new Atlanta vacation package for guests looking to combine culture with comfort in one luxurious weekend. The da Vinci exhibition is the first presentation ever to explore the rich and fascinating world of da Vinci as a sculptor. Anchored by 23 rare da Vinci drawings - the most ever to be displayed in the southeast - this exhibition will also include two sculptures newly attributed to da Vinci. Be sure that promotional code E0N appears in the Corporate/Promotional code box when making your online reservation, or call 1-800-228-9290 in the US and ask for promotional code E0N.

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October 21, 2009

(leonardo da vinci,leonardo da vinci paintings) Art experts find possible new Leonardo da Vinci drawing (The Toledo Blade)

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October 19, 2009

Fingerprint on portrait has link to Leonardo da Vinci (CBC Montreal)- Topic: leonardo da vinci,leonardo da vinci paintings

Art experts say there is strong evidence the picture is by Leonardo after finding a fingerprint on the Renaissance-era painting that matches another fingerprint found on his St Jerome in the Vatican. The hairstyle and robe worn by the young woman in the ink and chalk image is consistent with Milanese fashion of the late 15th century, experts say. The former leader of the opposition at Montreal City Hall has quit the party just two weeks before the municipal election amid claims he had dealings with a businessman at the centre of a cancelled $355-million water-meter contract. The United Nations-backed agency responsible for investigating the results of the Afghanistan presidential election has invalidated ballots from thousands of polling stations, potentially pushing the country closer to a run-off vote.

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October 18, 2009

Topic: leonardo da vinci,leonardo da vinci paintings - New evidence suggests ‘Profile of the Bella Principessa’ might be a Leonardo da Vinci original (New York Daily News)

Peter Paul Biro , a Montreal -based forensic art expert, said that a fingerprint on what was presumed to be a 19th-century German drawing of a young woman has convinced art experts that it’s actually a Leonardo. Canadian-born art collector Peter Silverman bought “Profile of the Bella Principessa ” at the Ganz gallery in New York on behalf of an anonymous Swiss collector in 2007 for about $19,000. Biro said the print of an index or middle finger was found on the artwork and that it matched a fingerprint from Leonardo’s “St. Silverman describes the Swiss private collector as a very rich man who has promised to buy him “lunch and dinner and caviar for the rest of my life if it ever does get sold.

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