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Leonardo Da Vinci's painting of a Lost Over 400 Years, Found

A painting by Leonardo Da Vinci is lost for four centuries, eventually found.

The painting was kept in a secret storage area behind the mural in Florence, Italy.

The team of archaeologists led by Maurizio Seracini found this painting in the Palazzo Vechio, behind the mural work of Giorgio Vasari, a painter who died in the year 1574.

The painting titled "The Battle of Anghiari 'was revealed after Seracini find the words" lambasting trova - seek and you will find "in the mural work of Vasari in the 1970s. Seracini believes, this paper refers to a hidden secret Vasari.


For 30 years, Seracini using laser techniques, thermal and radar scan to find out the meaning behind the secret message. Seracini finally found a dark pigment and chemicals used samples of Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa now.

"I've explored the whole Palazzo Vechio, it turns out the secret behind our main focus, Vasari mural painting. What we found was extraordinary, "said the Daily Mail quoted Seracini.

In 1503, Da Vinci was ordered by Piero Soderini Gonfaloniere to make paintings that show a victory in the war Anghiari. "The Battle of Anghiari" a silent witness to the war between Milan and the Italian army led by the Republic of Florence in the year 1440.

At that time, Florence became the central power still dominate Italian politics and the country's pizza next to hundreds of years.

This painting was touted as one of the paintings of Da Vinci's most valuable, but disappeared after the great fire that swept Italy in the 16th century. Apparently, Vasari was able to save this image by building a wall in front of it, then fill it with a wall mural.

"We're still in the early stages of the discovery of these paintings, there is still much research we had to do to solve this mystery," said Seracini to National Geographic.

Yes, Leonardo Da Vinci is full of mystery.



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