"Lady with an ermine" Da Vinci was initially without ermine

French researcher Pascal Cotte with the help of new technology reflected light found that "Lady with an ermine" by Leonardo twice significantly processed, and the original version of the ermine did not have

French scientist Pascal Cotte (Pascal Cotte) revealed the secrets of Leonardo da Vinci's "Lady with an ermine". With the new technology he studied three years of colorful layers of the painting, dated around the years 1480-1490. A new method for the study of paintings called the method of analysis layer amplification method, LAM). Colorful surface is subjected to a series of exposures, and a special camera records the information obtained by the reflected light. Data on the amount of reflected light allows to analyze and reconstruct what is depicted in a variety of colorful layers, including rennich@

In studies Pascal Cotte came to sensational conclusions: it appears, "Lady with an ermine" was originally without the ermine in her arms. On the portrait is Cecilia Gallerani (Cecilia Gallerani), the young mistress of the Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza (Ludovico Sforza), patron of Leonardo throughout his 18-year stay in this Italian city. "The white ermine" — the nickname of the Duke, and the animal was his heraldic animal. Previously, art historians believed that the ermine was always in the hands of Cecilia, but studies cotta is denied. In the first version of the animal was not. Then he appeared, but was gray. And in the end acquired white okras@

"LAM Technology allows you to remove layers from the painting, as with the bulbs, and to know what are fraught with various layers of paint, says his discovery Kott. — We learned that Leonardo has fluctuated — washed some fragments that were added, changed his opinion over and over again". The study cotta revealed new aspects of the creative process Genia@

Painting "Lady with an ermine" is included in the permanent collection of the Czartoryski Museum in Krakow. Now the Museum is being renovated, so the work of Leonardo temporarily on display at Wawel castle in Krakow.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: theguardian.com, artinvestment.ru

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