An alleged Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece that has remained unseen for five centuries has been found on a hidden wall in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.
According to Italian engineer Maurizio Seracini, looking for Leonardo’s unfinished mural The Battle of Anghiari, a hidden wall in Florence's palace contains colors consistent with those used by the creator of Mona Lisa.
The preliminary analysis has reportedly shown that the red, black and beige paint found is consistent with the paint that the Renaissance master usually used for his signature frescoes.
Leonardo’s unfinished fresco was allegedly concealed behind a more recent wall. Art historians have taken its samples for chemical analysis.
The epic artwork captures four men on war horses engaged in a battle. It is believed the polymath artist started painting his fresco in 1505, but had to give up the project due to difficulties arising from his experiments with oil painting techniques.
Source: Russia Today