Wednesday 13 May 2009

THE FACE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI




THE FACE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI

The facial representation in the painting found by Nicola Barbatelli is actually in phases of study by Gianni Glinni and a group of researchers, who are experts in Medieval Art at the University of Tallinn. Here we are presenting only a sneak preview of the notes Mr. Glinni has begun analysing and comparing (as you see in the above image). The hypothesis is whoever actually painted the painting had a model; the same face designed in 1510 by Francesco Melzi. As we can easily detect in the combination empirically created within the notebook at the bottom, considered are two faces which seem extraordinarily congruent. “In particular, Mr. Glinni writes, it’s the eyes, nose, mouth and the furrow beside it, as well as the hairline of the beard that appear all so similar, even a superimposition would be unnecessary.” This simply cannot be dismissed as being coincidental. The tri-dimensional reconstruction of the two faces, pertains to the drawing done by Melzi, the other being the one found by Barbatelli. This enables by means of comparing various parameters, the establishing of an adequacy under a morpho-geometric profile. We may anticipate with all certainty that the newly found Leonardo da vinci painting is depicting a familiar face.


Il VOLTO DI LEONARDO La raffigurazione del volto riprodotto sul dipinto rinvenuto da Barbatelli è attualmente in fase di studio da parte dell’ingGianni Glinni e di un gruppo di ricercatori esperti in arte medievale dell’Università di TallinnPresentiamo in anteprima gli appunti di Glinni che hanno avviato la ricerca. La ipotesi è che colui che ha dipinto il quadro ha avuto come modello lo stesso volto disegnato nel 1510 da Francesco Melzi. Come si può facilmente notare dall’accostamento fatto empiricamente sul quaderno, i tratti dei due volti sono straordinariamente congruenti. In particolare, scrive Glinni, la proporzione degli occhi, naso, bocca, solco affianco alla bocca, attaccatura della barba sono talmente simili da essere sovrapponibili. Non può ovviamente essere un caso. La ricostruzione tridimensionale dei due volti, quello del disegno di Melzi e quello del dipinto di Barbatelli, permetterà tramite un confronto dei vari parametri di stabilirne la congruità sotto un profilo morfo-geometrico. Si può comunque anticipare con sufficiente sicurezza che si tratta dello stesso volto.



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Nicola Barbartelli

"Nicola Barbatelli, Medieval historian, Fr. Comm. Academic Constantinian, historian and researcher of the O.S.M.T.J.,personal advisor to the grand master of the order, SE. Fr. Alberto Zampolli, was studying the art collection of a family with Lucanian origins in the Basilicata region in 2008. The portrait was hidden beneath another painting and was very deteriorated and scratched much different than you see it now. During the first process of cleaning and removal of paint, the figure of this particular subject appeared. A Carbon 14 analysis was done on the wood supporting the canvas and dated the material to the late 15th or early 16th century; a time when Leonardo was still alive. But experts stress the age of the wood doesn't necessarily mean the portrait was painted at that time. Da Vinci fans say that it could have been a work of Da Vinci himself as the back of the canvas carries the Latin words "PINXIT MEA" written in reverse--meaning "painted by myself" which is one of the artist's established trademarks. The name of the artist who painted the image is still being investigated, but experts did rule out that it is was a Leonardo da Vinci self-portrait."