It returns “visible” the wall of the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Until yesterday, the wall was occupied by scaffolding used for the “hunt” to the lost painting by Leonardo Da Vinci, the “Battle of Anghiari.” The Ministry of Cultural Heritage has not given permission to continue the investigation funded by National Geographic and led by Professor Maurizio Seracini.
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Battle of Anghiari, Nat Geo to stop the research
National Geographic notes that the research project for the Battle of Anghiari is suspended “until further notice”. It is what we read in a note of the Nat Geo Society that sponsors the research of the hidden fresco by Leonardo Da Vinci. The research has been conducted by Maurizio Seracini, on the east wall of the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy.
Battle of Anghiari, Ornaghi in Florence on June 19
The Minister for Cultural Heritage Lorenzo Ornaghi will be in Florence on June 19, to discuss the permissions that are necessary to continue the search of the Battle of Anghiari, Leonardo’s masterpiece that you are looking behind a part of the Show Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio.
The Diocese to stop the Leonardo’s research
The risk is to “destroy the overall effect of the Hall of the Palazzo Vecchio, which is one of the masterpieces of Florentine Mannerist decorative second ‘500”. The warning came from the historian, Monsignor Timothy Verdon, Director of the Office of Religious Art and Cultural Heritage of Ecclesiastical Diocese of Florence.
A new evidence of Leonardo fresco
There ‘s another clue that would indicate traces of colorbeneath the Battle of Scannagallo of Vasari’s Palazzo Vecchio inFlorence, are the traces of the Battle of Anghiari by Leonardo da Vinci. The new evidence is explained by Maurizio Seracini, head of research at the Master’s lost painting of Vinci, on the Italian web site of the National Geographic Socieity.
The lost Da Vinci tonight on Nat Geo IT TV
Finding the lost da Vinci, which follows scientist and art enthusiast Maurizio Seracini as he looks for da Vinci’s The Battle of Anghiari, will show on Monday in Palazzo Vecchio. Professor Seracini will present the findings of his research at the presence of Terry Garcia, executive vice president for the National Geographic Society. On this reaearch NGTV has scheduled a special worldwide video in March.
Leonardo’s colors under the Palazzo Vecchio wall
A discovery of black paint similar to that used in the Mona Lisa has spurred fresh hope that Leonardo da Vinci’s fabled lost fresco The Battle of Anghiari may be hidden behind a wall in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio.
Revealed secrets of the Medusa by Caravaggio
Extraordinary pictures showed unequivocally the genesis and the timing of the “First Medusa” by Caravaggio. This masterpiece anticipates the most famous “shield” exhibited at the Galleria degli Uffizi. This is the work presented at the Foreign Press Association headquarters in Rome by art historian Mina Gregori and some university professors.
Battle of Anghiari, last week of research
It is the last week of the research for the Battle of Anghiari, the lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci, which some commentators believe to be still hidden beneath later frescoes in the Hall of Salone dei Cinquecento in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy.