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		<title>Canadian Art Dealer’s Purchase Is Lost Da Vinci Portrait</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Canadian art dealer bought a portrait for $19,000 two years ago has turned out to be a good investment, indeed, as the work has been determined to be a piece by Leonardo Da Vinci and was valued at $150 million.
The work—a portrait of a young woman’s profile in chalk, pen and ink on vellum—was ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_248687" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 313px"><a title="This portrait of a young woman’s profile in chalk, pen and ink on vellum has been determined to be by Leonardo Da Vinci." href="http://www.worthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Lost-Da-Vinci-Portrait.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2486875" title="Lost Da Vinci Portrait" src="http://www.worthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Lost-Da-Vinci-Portrait.jpg" alt="Lost Da Vinci Portrait" width="303" height="420" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This portrait of a young woman’s profile in chalk, pen and ink on vellum has been determined to be by Leonardo Da Vinci.</p></div></p>
<p>A Canadian art dealer bought a portrait for $19,000 two years ago has turned out to be a good investment, indeed, as the work has been determined to be a piece by Leonardo Da Vinci and was valued at $150 million.</p>
<p>The work—a portrait of a young woman’s profile in chalk, pen and ink on vellum—was put through carbon dating and infrared examinations, as well as a fingerprint compared with an authenticated Da Vinci, convinced experts that the portrait was a genuine Da Vinci.</p>
<p>“It all sounded too good to be true—after 40 years in the Leonardo business, I thought I’d seen it all,” one art professor told the <em>Times </em>of London. As his research continued, though, “all the bits fell into place like a well-made piece of furniture. All the drawers slotted in.” The portrait is the first major Da Vinci find in more than a century.</p>
<p>To read the entire story and to watch a video of the find, click <strong><a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article6872019.ece" target="_blank">here</a></strong>.</p>
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