Copy of Leonardo da vinci painting sells for 1.5 million
source: http://www.javno.com/en-world/fake-leonardo-auctions-for-15-million-dollars_291948
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An oil painting once erroneously believed to have been by Leonardo da Vinci sold for a much better than expected 1.5 million dollars at auction Thursday.
''La Belle Ferronniere'' -- real painter unknown -- went under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York for 1.538 million dollars, far above pre-auction estimates of 300,000-500,000 dollars, although nowhere near the going price for a true da Vinci.
The painting was listed as by ''a follower'' of the Italian genius.
The oil painting, depicting a richly dressed woman looking out over her left side, was wrongly identified in 1929, provoking a scandalous art world court case.
In 1993 a da Vinci specialist ruled that the painting
http://www.javno.com/en-world/fake-leonardo-auctions-for-15-million-dollars_2919...
''La Belle Ferronniere'' -- real painter unknown -- went under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York for 1.538 million dollars, far above pre-auction estimates of 300,000-500,000 dollars, although nowhere near the going price for a true da Vinci.
The painting was listed as by ''a follower'' of the Italian genius.
The oil painting, depicting a richly dressed woman looking out over her left side, was wrongly identified in 1929, provoking a scandalous art world court case.
In 1993 a da Vinci specialist ruled that the painting
http://www.javno.com/en-world/fake-leonardo-auctions-for-15-million-dollars_2919...
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