Found and sold in the fifties for 70$, the above painting has recently been authenticated as a long lost treasure of renaissance art, and more impressively, of the artist Leonardo da Vinci. The painting had been attributed to one of Leonardo's students, as dirt, varnish and overpainting had obscured the original paint below, but following an extensive cleaning and restoration project, the wonder and majesty of the true hand was shown. Said to now be worth about 192 million, I'd say whoever bought it in the fifties made a pretty good investment. Read below.
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