Friday 29 May 2009

Reconstruction of Leonardo da Vinci's Visage in Estonia



FRIDAY MAY 29TH 2009

We present you with a worldwide preview of the first results of our 3-dimensional reconstruction of the face of Leonardo da Vinci. Thanks to Orest Kormashow and Helen Kokk from the Univkersity of Tallinn, and Gianni-Raffaello Glinni and Nicola Barbatelli from the Museum of the Ancient People of Lucania (MAPL). Revealed for the first time in 600 years, is a new visage of the genius. This reconstruction was enhanced by three images; two drawings and the painting from Acerenza. Results were extraordinary, confirming a perfect match of the Acerenza visage and that of Francesco Melzi's. More studies are being conducted in Italy with the highest of scientific content. All of this will be demonstrated in the presentation that will take place in Rome in care of the "Leonardo da Vinci Museum" in Piazza del Popolo inside the Bramante exhibit room.

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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."