April
21
/ 2021
We like to live by moral codes such as “credit where credit is due,” but in this story about Leonardo da Vinci it seems he was given credit for a famous artwork were it definitely was not due. The latest disclosure in this story is that Leonardo da Vinci was not the sculptor of the famous Flora bust. In fact, new analysis reveals the piece wasn't even carved until 300 years after his death. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"85427","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"700","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"509"}}]] The confusion arose when Wilhelm von Bode acquired the sculpture for the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in 1909 and brazenly announced it to be a lost da Vinci. ( Public domain ) A Lost da Vinci? Inner Secrets Reveal Bust’s True Origins Flora, the wax bust
