num_pages: 280
description: How an oddly attributed $19000 picture proved to be a $100 million work by Leonardo da Vincia true art-world detective story In late 2010 art collector Peter Silverman revealed that a German early 19th century portrait he had bought for $19000 was in fact a previously unknown drawing by Leonardo da Vincian exquisite depiction of Bianca Sforza rendered 500 years ago. In Leonardo's Lost Princess  Silverman gives a riveting first-person account of how his initial suspicions of the portrait's provenance were confirmed repeatedly by scientists and art experts. He describes the path to authentication fraught with opposition and controversy. The twists and turns of this fascinating decade-long quest lead from art history to cutting-edge science and from a New York art gallery to Paris Milan Zurich and ultimately a Warsaw library where the final convincing evidence that the portrait was indeed by da Vinci was found. Unearthing the secrets almost lost to history the book is ideal reading for art lovers and anyone interested in an astounding case of whodunit.
language: English
title: Leonardo's Lost Princess: One Man's Quest to Authenticate an Unknown Portrait by Leonardo Da Vinci
publisher: Wiley