Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Unknown sketch by da Vinci discovery – the Swedish newspaper svenska Dagbladet

Detail of a drawing of St. Sebastian, probably by Leonardo da Vinci, who probably made 1482-85, when the artist worked in Milan. Photo: Tajan, France

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Experts from the Metropolitanmuseet in New York, estimates that the sketch is really made by Leonardo da Vinci.

According to Tajan, this is the first time in 15 years that a previously unknown work by da Vinci sees the light of day. The sketch was discovered among the 14 older drawings that were submitted to the Tajan of a retired doctor. The experts ‘ eyes got stuck immediately at “an interesting 1500-talsteckning”, which you could see had been done by a left-handed person who also had scientific notes on the back.

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