Mar 14, 2012

Voice of San Diego - "Arts Report: The Mystery Behind the Masterpiece"

Kelly Bennett reports that researchers from UC San Diego working in Florence, Italy, said March 13 that they've discovered new, exciting clues that a long-lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci is hidden behind another centuries-old painting.


Mar 14, 2012

Indiana Gazette - "Traces may be da Vinci mural"

According to a story from the Associated Press, 'researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of Florence's most famous buildings.'


Mar 14, 2012

The Guardian (UK) - "Did Vasari save a Da Vinci for us?"

In his 'On Art' blog, Jonathan Jones notes that 'the discovery of a potential Leonardo painting behind a Vasari fresco in Florence is evidence of the enigmatic artist's ingenuity'.


Mar 14, 2012

The Sun Daily (Malaysia) - "Art sleuths believe long-lost Da Vinci found in Italy"

Research is the result of a decades-long quest using cutting-edge technology by University of California San Diego professor Maurizio Seracini, who was featured in Dan Brown's bestselling novel 'The Da Vinci Code'.


Mar 14, 2012

ANSA (Italy) - "Il nero di Leonardo dietro la 'Battaglia di Anghiari'"

Michele Giuntini reports from Florence that traces of color -- including black pigment chemically similar to that used in the Mona Lisa -- were found in a wall cavity where art diagnostician Maurizio Seracini looked for evidence of Leonardo's lost mural, The Battle of Anghiari.


Mar 14, 2012

The National (UAE) - "A Leonardo mystery"

The Abu Dhabi-based English-language publication reports that CISA3 director Maurizio Seracini and his team 'have probed in the cracks of a 16th century fresco and compared the chemical composition of flecks of paint' that appear to be similar to materials used on the Mona Lisa.


Mar 14, 2012

Short News (Germany) - "Long-Lost Da Vinci Painting Believed to be Found in Italy"

The online service reports that 'researchers of the University of California, San Diego may have discovered a lost mural by artist Leonardo da Vinci by taking samples from a stone wall hidden behind a fresco in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy.'


Mar 14, 2012

The Gulf Today (UAE) - "Lost Da Vinci Mural 'Found on Hidden Wall'"

The Abu Dhabi service reports that 'the research is the result of a decades-long quest using cutting-edge technology by University of California San Diego professor Maurizio Seracini, who was featured in Dan Brown’s best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code.'


Mar 13, 2012

Boston.com - "Lost mural by Leonardo may have been discovered"

Report on findings from endoscopic survey in search of the lost mural, The Battle of Anghiari, by Leonardo da Vinci.


Mar 13, 2012

MSNBC - "Lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci may be hidden behind Italian wall"

Reuters correspondent Philip Pullella reports on evidence that a da Vinci fresco may still exists behind a wall of Florence's city hall.


Mar 13, 2012

Ottawa Citizen - "Experts may have found hidden da Vinci masterpiece"

Nick Squires from London's Daily Telegraph reports on researchers using micro-cameras to peer behind 16th century mural.


Mar 13, 2012

ABC News - "Da Vinci's Lost Painting May Be Found in Florence"

Marisa Taylor reports that a team of researchers has spent nearly 40 years searching for a long-lost painting by Leonardo Da Vinci, and may have located it beneath another work that was painted over it.


Mar 13, 2012

Daily News (Zambia) - "New findings on lost mural"

This Associated Press story says researchers 'may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th century fresco.'


Mar 13, 2012

KMJ Now Radio - "New Da Vinci Work Found?"

The radio station reprinted a story from the San Diego Union-Tribune on CISA3's search for the lost Battle of Anghiari mural.


Mar 13, 2012

Q13Fox.com - "Clues to long-lost Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece found"

The Seattle radio station reprints a story by Jason Felch of the Los Angeles Times on new evidence that a lost da Vinci mural is located inside a wall of Florence's Palazzo Vecchio.