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Inaugural Series advanced Leonardo da Vinci research in real time GMT 2/3/2018 Revelations of unknown subsurface Studies within X-Radiographic Plate Leonardo's rediscovered "The Madonna Annunziata"LEFT hidden 515years since created Florence Circa1503-Comparison with"St Anne"RIGHT
Further to previous Albrecht Durer post-Noted in a recent post by Laura Langelüddecke @llangelueddecke of Dürer‘s unfinished "Salvator Mundi" at The Met NY, some interesting synergies in the meticulous preparatory drawing with his 1502 "Three Saints"on panel,esp Drapery/Curtains
Since "Old Master Drawings Week" 2 SECTIONS-LEFT most significant High Renaissance Drawings discovered recent times by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) (1483–1520) "Rv" Monograms 1."Hercules"circa1503-9 compared other figures-2,"Youth Study"Circa 1509 Rome-Michelangelo used same Model
"Salvator Mundi"when in Cook Coll 1900)-Actually has prior Subsurface Study of much higher"Raised Hand & Drape”never before seen/revealed by any other research-shown by advanced VegaScan technology-Hand seems by Leonardo- Research indicates Hand/Orb by Leonardo-No comment on rest
More significantly.Leonardo's 1500 original has palpable dynamic realism with natural light effects,while Reni's 1628 version lifeless,flat.
They verify Leonardo's orig idea was"Rearing Horse"Michelangelo mocked him as too difficult in Bronze-Final-Prancing
2nd Michelangelo discovery-Full Length c1508 "Ignudi"(Section only shown)Identical Face Torso to Sistine Chapel work
A second important Michelangelo discovery- his original Red Chalk study for the guardian 'Ignudi' of the Sistine Chapel
Head Section Leonardo's 1498 signed Red Chalk "Drawing of a seated nude Youth" Vol I "The Secrets of Leonardo Da Vinci"
Torso Section from Leonardo's Circa 1498, Red Chalk "Drawing of a seated nude Youth". Hand & Head sections follow next