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By Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News
Lost da Vinci Work May Lie Behind Wall
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June 16, 2005— The long-lost "Battle of Anghiari," considered Leonardo da Vinci's best work, could lie hidden behind a wall in the council room of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, art experts announced at a conference.
Maurizio Seracini, a world-renowned expert in art diagnostics whose investigations are referred to in Dan Brown's best-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code," said he had found a suspicious cavity behind the council room's east wall.
The wall now houses a mural by 15th-century painter, architect and writer Giorgio Vasari.
"We believe that the lost fresco is hidden there. Indeed, Vasari himself left an important clue. On a tiny green flag in his painting, he wrote: 'Cerca, trova' — seek and you shall find," Seracini said.
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Excellent!
Battle of Anghiari
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06-17-2005 04:07 AM
