Finally!
Never before has the Clos Lucé, which was Leonardo da Vinci's last residence and which has been open to the public since 1954 as a center for the interpretation of his life and work, hosted one of his paintings.
It is true that these are the most precious and the rarest.
Between seventeen and nineteen.
Maybe twenty if you include
Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Salman's $450 million
Salvator Mundi .
And twenty-one by adding the
Bella Principessa
, a vellum in private hands defended by a great "Leonardologist", the Englishman Martin Kemp.
The authenticity - better, the 100% autograph character - of that one at least has never been disputed.
We can even distinguish, almost with the naked eye, the master's imprints on its surface.
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This
Saint Jerome
, the only painting by Leonardo in the Vatican, is an exceptional loan from his art gallery authorized by the Pope.
Arrived under good escort at the beginning of June, this oil on two assembled walnut boards never leaves its humidity chamber...
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