A previously unknown sketch by the artist Leonardo da Vinci has been valued at 15.8 million dollars – equivalent to over 144 million Swedish kronor, writes the BBC. The French auction house Tajan says that the drawing of the holy Sebastian is a "great discovery".
An expert from the museum Metropolitan in New York has also stated 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.
the Artwork is believed to have been made between 1482 and 1485, when Leonardo da Vinci worked in Milan.
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