Lost Da Vinci Found? Maybe...

Move over, Mona Lisa. If Carlo Pedretti's hunch is right, the world may soon have another Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece to admire. A stunningly beautiful painting called Mary Magdalene which the world-class art historian suspects may have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci together with one of his pupils will soon go on public view for the first time in more than half a century. The painting, measuring 58 cm by 45 cm, was believed to have been painted in 1515, four years before the master died. The painting has been in private collections for nearly all its recorded history in the past 100 years or so. For the full story - click the title Irish Art