The da Vinci workshop
An interesting story here... From
Reuters:
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Da Vinci Workshop Discovered in Italy -Researchers
A forgotten workshop of Leonardo da Vinci, complete with 500-year-old frescos and a secret room to dissect human cadavers, has been discovered in Florence, Italy, researchers said on Tuesday.
bq. The find was made in part of the Santissima Annunziata convent, which let out rooms to artists centuries ago and where the likely muse of the Renaissance artist's masterwork, the Mona Lisa, may have worshipped.
bq. "It's a bit absurd to think that, in 2005, we have found the studio of one of history's greatest artists. But that is what has happened," said Roberto Manescalchi, one of three researchers credited for this month's discovery.
bq. "The proof is on the walls."
Fascinating. I love it when bits of history surface. We are always finding writers and composers work in dusty corners of libraries. This time a whole workroom, all because someone knew what they were looking at...
Posted by DaveH at January 25, 2005 4:07 PM