We are talking about the beautiful "Portrait of Isabella d'Эсте", which is very similar to the famous drawing by Leonardo 1499 from the collections of the Louvre

Of the Swiss Bank upon the request of the Italian police seized a valuable painting, which is probably the work of Leonardo da Vinci. We are talking about the beautiful "Portrait of Isabella d'este, which is very similar to the famous drawing by Leonardo 1499 from the collections of the Louvre. Italian police believed that oil-painted portrait could leave the Italian territory illegally. It was found in the cell Bank in Lugano, close to the Italian granicy@

At the time of forfeiture police were negotiating the sale of this portrait for 120 million euros, according to investigators. The picture is supposedly owned by a rich Italian family living in Shveitsarii@

that picture is in Switzerland, the Italian police have learned in 2013. They were informed that a local lawyer was given a mandate to sell the painting at least 95 million euros. Carlo Pedretti, a leading Italian expert on the works of Leonardo da Vinci, believes that this may be the final portrait of Isabella d'este oil, and drawing in the Louvre collection - this is a preparatory sketch for him. Other experts are not so sure of the authorship of Leonardo: they believe that this may be the portrait of some other artist inspired drawing by Leonardo from the Louvre, or that Leonardo began this portrait oil and some of his students later zakoncil@

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: artdaily.com, swissinfo.ch, artinvestment.ru