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Post by bot on Dec 18, 2008 12:10:24 GMT -8
Da Vinci painting may be two-sided treasure Posted: 02:25 PM ET PARIS, France (CNN) — Drawings of a horse’s head and a partial skull on the back of a Leonardo da Vinci painting may have been sketched by the Italian Renaissance artist himself, but only more tests by museum experts will tell. The Department of Paintings at the Louvre Museum in Paris and restoration and research experts from the Museums of France discovered the images this year on the back of the painting “The Virgin and Child with St. Anne,” circa 1500, the Louvre said in a news release Thursday. The style of the sketches resembles that of da Vinci, but the experts said closer examinations must be done to confirm they are his.
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