Finding Leonardo: The Case for Recovering the Battle of Anghiari
A professor at Syracuse University in Florence, Hatfield is also theauthor of The Wealth of Michelangelo and Botticelli s Uffizi Adoration : A Studyin Pictorial Content. He serves on the advisory commission of a major internationalproject to search for the mural using non-invasive technology, a joint effort of theUniversity of San Diego and the University of Florence. Explaining his decision topresent his meticulous research in this unusual format, Hatfield noted that in theyears it takes for an article to appear in a scholarly journal, the research project todetermine its existence will be completed. He also wanted to make the informationaccessible to those beyond the art history community.