Leonardo's workshop discovered
"ROME (Reuters) - 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 say.
"The find, announced on Tuesday, 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.
"'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.
"'The proof is on the walls.'"
Source: Reuters
"ROME (Reuters) - 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 say.
"The find, announced on Tuesday, 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.
"'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.
"'The proof is on the walls.'"
Source: Reuters
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