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Websites
Art Law Blog: www.theartlawblogspot.com
Peter Paul Biro: www.paulbiro.net
Christie’s: www.christies.com
Martin Kemp: www.martinjkemp.com
La Bella Principessa: www.labellaprincipessa.com
Leonardo da Vinci Museum: www.museoleonardo.com
Lumiere Technology: www.lumiere-technology.com
Sotheby’s: www.sotheby's.com
La Bella Principessa. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.
La Bella Principessa shown in thirteen multispectral images, plus reconstructed scans in false color and infrared daylight. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.
A close-up of the eye, which reveals Leonardo’s signature technique. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.
The enlargement allows a clear view of Leonardo’s typical left-handed hatching around the profile and in the background. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.
Pascal Cotte’s measurement of the head and face shows Leonardo’s impeccable specifications. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.
Leonardo’s typical pentiments are shown in La Bella Principessa. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.
Leonardo’s intricate knot patterns are in evidence on the image of La Bella Principessa. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.
Detail of the pentiments behind the sitter’s head, showing areas of the artist’s erasures—typical of Leonardo. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.
Close-up of a portion of the hair and headdress, showing the intricate detail. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.
Location of Leonardo’s fingerprint. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.
Pascal Cotte found numerous comparisons between Leonardo’s Lady with an Ermine and La Bella Principessa. In particular, he noted remarkable similarities in the anatomical structure of the eyes. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.
Pascal Cotte (left) prepares to use his revolutionary multispectral imaging camera to photograph the Mona Lisa in a private room in the basement of the Louvre. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.
Pascal and Martin examine the place in the Sforziada showing the missing page and the protruding remnant and find a match for La Bella Principessa. photo by permission of lumiere technology and martin kemp.
Circles and arrows mark three holes showing that the image was once part of a codex or manuscript. PHOTO BY PERMISSION OF LUMIERE TECHNOLOGY.
Index
acconciatura alla spagnuola
Adoration of the Magi (Leonardo da Vinci)
age, of portrait. See also carbon dating
Altman, Richard
American Leonardo, The (Brewer)
Ames-Lewis, Francis
anatomical drawings (Leonardo da Vinci)
authentic representation in
Kemp on
mathematical precision of
Annesley, Noël
Antico
Antiques Trade Gazette (ATG)
Armand Hammer Foundation
Art and Auction
art authentication
Biro on
Clifford on
Geddo on
Gregori on
Kemp on (See also Kemp, Martin)
museum curators and
Pedretti on
Strinati on
Turner on
Vezzosi on (See also Vezzosi, Alessandro)
See also carbon dating; connoisseurship; fingerprint authentication; multispectral digital imaging; provenance
art collecting, about
Artes (University of Pavia)
Art Forger’s Handbook, The (Hebborn)
art forgery
by Hebborn
by Landis
Mona Lisa
Portrait of a Woman Called La Bella Ferronnière
problem of
Turner on
by van Meegeren
Artful Tales: The Unlikely and Implausible Journal of an Art Dealer (Day)
Art Law (Bresler)
ArtNet
ARTNews
auction houses, staffing of. See also Christie’s; Sotheby’s
Bambach, Carmen C.
Baptism of Christ, The (Verrocchio)
Bartolommeo, Fra
Battle of Anghiari, The (Leonardo da Vinci)
beauty
Leonardo da Vinci on
perception and
“Becoming an Art Connoisseur” (Hoving)
Being Bernard Berenson (Secrest)
Bell, Joshua
Bella Principessa, La (Leonardo da Vinci)
age of
costume and iconography
dimensions of
financial value of
hairstyle features of
identity of subject
media used for
multispectral digital imaging examination (See also Lumiere Technology)
naming of
needle holes in
provenance of
publicity about
“Report on Portrait of a Young Woman in Profile” (Turner)
sale of, in 1998
sale of, in 2007
security for
technique
vellum canvas of
See also art authentication; Leonardo da Vinci
Bella Principessa: The Story of the New Masterpiece by Leonardo, La (Kemp, Cotte)
Belle Ferronnière, La (Leonardo da Vinci)
hairstyle of subject
Leonardo attribution of
Portrait of a Woman Called La Belle Ferronnière and
proportional system used for
Bellincioni, Bernardo
Bellotto, Bernardo
Benton, Thomas Hart
Berenson, Bernard
on art connoisseurship
Hahn and
Marchigs and
Biblioteca Nazionale (Naples, Italy)
Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris)
bifurcation
Birago, Giovanni Pietro
Birkbeck College, University of London
Biro, Geza
Biro, Joanne
Biro, Laszlo
Biro, Peter Paul
biographical information
on Leonardo authorship
New Yorker article and
on Pollock authorship
on Turner authorship
See also fingerprint authentication
Black, William Harman
Boltraffio
Borne, Fran¸ois
Boy Bitten by a Lizard (Caravaggio)
Bresler, Judith
Brewer, John
British Library (London)
British Museum (London)
; Chapman and
Jones and
Study of a Winged Figure; Allegory with Fortune
Turner and
Warrior with Helmet and Breastplate
Brotherhood of St. Luke
Brown, Dan
Brueghel
Bugiardini, Giuliano
Burlington
Cappuzzo, Gianmarco
on Lumiere Technology
Vezzosi and
Caravaggio
Boy Bitten by a Lizard
Gregori on
Saint Matthew painting
carbon dating
carbon-14 isotope technique
need for
reliability of
Carpaccio, Vittore
Castello Sforzesco
Castiglione, Baldassare
Caterina (mother of Leonardo da Vinci)
Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture, and Anthropology
chalk
Chapman, Hugo
Charles VIII (King of France)
Chaudron, Yves
Chichester Canal (Turner)
Christ and His Disciples at Emmaus (forgery)
Christie’s
Borne and
Dickenson and
January art auctions
Marchig v. Christie’s
New Yorker article and
1998 sale of La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) sold by, in 1998
reaction to publicity
Clifford, Timothy
on first impression of La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci)
La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) examined by
on media publicity
CNN
coazzone
Gregori on
identifying portrait subject by
Cobden, Sandra
Codex (Leonardo da Vinci)
color
colorimetric print
detected by multispectral digital imaging
flesh tones
materials used
See also media (used for fine art); multispectral digital imaging
Condé Nast
connoisseurship
Ganz on
methodology
New Yorker article on
Pollock authentication and
proving authenticity and
Turner on
Cooper, Anderson
Cooper Hewitt Museum (New York)
Corradis, Bernardina de
Correggio, Niccolò da
Corrigan, Caroline
La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) reviewed by
on restoration
Cosimo, Piero di
costume
Cotte, Pascal
biographical information
Cappuzzo and
on identity of portrait’s subject
La Bella Principessa: The Story of the New Masterpiece by Leonardo
La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) examined by
Lady with an Ermine (Leonardo da Vinci) examined by
Lumiere Technology established by
Mona Lisa examined by
on provenance
publicity about La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) and
craquelure
spectral digital imaging used to detect
van Meegeren and
CRISATEL project
Crivelli, Lucrezia
Czartoryski, Prince (Poland)
Czartoryski Museum (Krakow, Poland)
Daily Telegraph (London)
Da Vinci Code, The (Brown)
Kemp on
mock trial about
Day, Richard
Decker, Karl
de Gaulle, Charles
Department of European Paintings
Desiderio da Settignano
d’Este, Duchess Beatrice
d’Este, Isabella (Marchioness of Mantua)
detection techniques
carbon dating
chemical comparison
DNA
fingerprints
multispectral digital imaging
X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
De Vecchi, Pierluigi
Dickenson, Simon
DNA, for art authentication
Dohnányi, Oliver von
Dorment, Richard
“Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference” (J. Paul Getty Museum)
Dummies.com
Dussler, Leopold
Dutch Rembrandt Society
Duveen, Joseph
Eco, Umberto
Ekserdjian, David
Esterow, Milton
“Expert Opinions and Liabilities” (New York University)
facial features
eyes
Lady with an Ermine (Leonardo da Vinci)
of Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci)
Turner on technique
Fahy, Everett
False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes (Hoving)
Figaro, Le (France)
Financial Times
Fine Arts Registry (FAR)
fingerprint authentication
analysis method for
basic types of
Biro on Leonardo da Vinci authorship
Biro’s biographical information and
mathematical analysis used for
multispectral digital imaging of
New Yorker article on
Pollock example
reliability of
Turner example
“Fingerprint Points to $19,000 Portrait Being Revalued as $100m Work by Leonardo da Vinci” (ATG)
flesh tones
fingerprint evidence and
Leonardo da Vinci on
multispectral digital imaging used for examination
Florence, fifteenth century characteristics of
foggia alla Francese
frames, auction house customs regarding
Francis (Fran¸ois) I (King of France)
Franks, Theresa
Gallerani, Cecilia
poem about
as subject of Lady with an Ermine (Leonardo da Vinci)
See also Lady with an Ermine (Leonardo da Vinci)
Ganz, Kate
Dorment and
La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) purchase (1998) by
La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) sale by (2007)
Ganz, Sally
Ganz, Victor
Gapper, John
Gates, Bill
Geddo, Cristina
on identity of portrait’s subject
La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) examined by
“Getting to the Truth of Authentication” (Fine Arts Registry)
Getty Conservation Institute
Gherardini, Lisa. See Giocondo, Lisa del
Ghirlandaio, Domenico
Giacommetti
Ginevra de’Benci (Leonardo da Vinci)
Giocondo, Lisa del. See also Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci)
Giocondo family
Giovanni del Fora, Gherardo di
Gnignera, Elisabetta
Goering, Hermann
Goguel, Catherine
Gossaert, Jan
Gothenburg exhibition
Gould, David
Grann, David
Gregori, Mina
on La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) authorship
on La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) eye feature
on La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) technique
Vezzosi and
Guardian (London)
gum arabic
Hahn, Andrée
Hahn, Harry
hair features
coazzone
Turner on
Hals, Franz
Harvard Center for Renaissance Studies
hatching
left-handedness and
media and
restoration and
Turner on
Head and Shoulders o
f a Woman
Hebborn, Eric
Herner, Richard
Hewitt, Simon
initial ATG story by
La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) provenance and
“New Evidence Strengthens Leonardo Claim for Portrait” (ATG)
Hokusai, Katsushika
Holy Grail
Horne Museum (Florence)
Horton, Teri
Hoving, Thomas
“Becoming an Art Connoisseur,”
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) and
New Yorker article and
on Pollock authentication
Hug, J. Conrad
International Foundation for Art Research
Isabella of Aragon
J. Paul Getty Museum
“Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference,”
Turner and
Jason & Queen Hippolyte with the Women of Lemnos (Cosimo)
Jerusalem Museum
Jesus
Adoration of the Magi (Leonardo da Vinci)
The Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio)
Christ and His Disciples at Emmaus (forgery)
The Da Vinci Code (Brown) portrayal of
The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci)
Shroud of Turin
Jones, Mark
Judas
Julius II, Pope
Kansas City Art Institute
Katz, Daniel
Kemp, Martin
on appreciation of La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci)
Berenson archives and
on fingerprint evidence
on identity of portrait’s subject
La Bella Principessa: The Story of the New Masterpiece by Leonardo
La Bella Principessa (Leonardo da Vinci) examined by
Leonardo
Marchig v. Christie’s and
at mock trial of The Da Vinci Code (Brown)
National Gallery lecture (2010)
on provenance
on proving authenticity
kermes berry
Koetl, John
Kress Foundation
Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)
Kurosawa, Akira
Lady with an Ermine (Leonardo da Vinci)
Cecillia Gallerani as subject of
costume and iconography
fingerprint evidence and
Leonardo attribution of
multispectral digital imaging used for
proportional system used for
provenance of
Royal Castle Museum (Warsaw) exhibition
lampblack
Landesman, Peter
Landis, Augustis
Landscape with a Rainbow (Turner)
lapis lazuli
Lardoux, Andrée (Hahn)
Last Supper, The (Leonardo da Vinci)
commission for
condition of
fame of
latent fingerprints
lawsuits
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