Sketches Revealed Underneath Leonardo's 'Virgin of the Rocks'

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If you are curious about this kind of stuff, I recommend reading [0] and watching a TED talk [1] about a very interesting research to try to unveil the most important painting ever made by Leonardo, the "Battaglia di Anghiari". [2]

Michelangelo and Leonardo were asked to paint large (7x17 meters, or ~ 23 x 56 feet) murals depicting two important battles (the Anghiari one being assigned to Leonardo). The "cartone" [3] used by Michelangelo survived to this day. [4]

[0]: UC San Diego Researchers in Florence Explore New Ways to Search for Lost Leonardo Mural

[1]: https://www.ted.com/talks/maurizio_seracini_the_secret_lives...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anghiari

[3]: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartone_(arte) (couldn't find the one in English)

[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cascina_(Michelangel...

Already posted yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20696525

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