What did Leonardo experts of the 1920s think?
In 1921, the ‘Earlier Version’ was shown to some of the greatest Italian Leonardo experts of the time. Here are some of the comments that they made: Prof. Commendatore Lorenzo Cecconi, Curator of the...
View ArticleThe Man Who Found the Mona Lisa
Hugh Blaker 1873-1936 ‘Art Connoisseur And Collector’ was the heading of his obituary notice in ‘THE TIMES’ of October 7th, 1936, though this description did not do him justice. “His power of...
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‘Mona Lisa’ and ‘Gioconda’
Speech by Alessandro Vezzosi Geneva, September 27, 2012 Director of the Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci, Vinci, Italy. Note: Alessandro Vezzosi is recognised as one of the most influential living...
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A Necessary Counterpoint
By Professor Átila Soares da Costa Filho, Author, Art History, Philosophy and Sociology Expert. Among approximately sixty alleged “Mona Lisas” – or “Giocondas” – that are located across Europe, the...
View ArticleSummary of Connoisseurship
It may be an old-fashioned notion, but sometimes the eye of experience complements scientific data and historical conclusions, particularly in advocating the results of their respective enquiries. In...
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