Imagery picked up other signs that may point to a sketch by Leonardo despite its 'very worn elements,' he said, noting the 'quality' of the face and arms, which recalls the master. 'We know that this paper comes from Italy, between Venice and Florence, so it is similar.' that is to say the beginning of the 16th century,' Deldicque said in an interview Friday with The Associated Press. 'For the moment we know that the paper on which this (sketch) is drawn was dated from the time of Leonardo da Vinci. There are tempting clues that Leonardo's hand could have been behind the sketch.

'This drawing is quite mysterious because we know it was made in Italy, maybe in the studio of Leonardo da Vinci or by the master himself,' said museum curator Mathieu Deldicque. The sketch, previously attributed to Leonardo's students, is part of a collection at the Musee Conde du Domaine de Chantilly, north of Paris. PARIS - There's something vaguely familiar about this charcoal sketch of a woman's face and nude torso - could it be an unclothed precursor to the Mona Lisa by the master himself?įrench government art experts are trying to find out, analyzing the sketch in a laboratory beneath the Louvre, the museum where the Mona Lisa hangs, to see if Leonardo da Vinci drew it before painting his 16th century masterpiece.

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