Showing posts with label chalk painting. Poland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chalk painting. Poland. Show all posts

26 June 2012

PBS Maybe Leonardo DaVinci vellum chalk portrait

As I watched with fascination as the scholars of art discussed the origins of this portrait.  It appears it was a portrait of a princess.   That it was taken out of a book.

A family history/genealogy book that was a wedding gift to the young princess.  However she had a short life, the book was passed on to another relative.  Who took it to Poland.

Amazing how the family genealogy made it from Italy to Poland.  I would of love to find out more about books like that one.  Amazing treasure,  why would they cut it down and rebind it?  The portrait I know if its really DaVincis is such a Art treasure.  To the genealogist though the contents with the family history is a treasure of untold worth.


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