Died the main Italian expert on Leonardo da Vinci
ARTinvestment.RU   10 января 2018

Carlo Pedretti has not lived one day before her 90-летия. He was considered one of the world's leading experts on the works of Leonardo and was one of those who never agreed with the attribution "the Savior of the world"

Carlo Pedretti died at his Villa in Poggibonsi on 5 January. The works of Leonardo da Vinci, the future expert was fascinated from an early age. To 13 years Carlo Pedretti, in imitation of Renaissance genius, he learned to write with his left hand and to read texts reflected in a mirror. At age 16, in 1944, he published his first studies on Leonardo. In 1952 at the Milan newspaper Corriere della Sera published an article about Pedretti under the title "In the 23 years he knows all about Leonardo." The last 70 years, Carlo Pedretti was revered as the foremost expert on the life and work of da Vinci. In the Preface to the book "Carlo Pedretti. Bibliography of works about Leonardo and the Renaissance (1944-1984)" called "by far the greatest expert on Leonardo of our time". All in all, he wrote more than 50 books and 700 articles on Leonardo in different languages.

the Carrier of numerous regalia and honorary member of a vast number of cultural institutions worldwide, Pedretti was engaged in the attribution of disputed works. For example, in the mid-1980-х he confirmed the authenticity of the only known sculptural work of Leonardo — wax figures of horse and rider (presumably, Charles d’Амбуаза). And in 1998, attributed to Leonardo one of the preparatory sketches for the mural "Battle of Anghiari".

Carlo Pedretti passed away just a few months after the record sale in $450,3 million painting "Salvator Mundi", now attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. However, the late expert in the authorship of Leonardo doubted. Back in 2011, before the opening of the exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci in the London National gallery (where among the undoubted works were presented and "the Savior of the world"), Carlo Pedretti, published an article in the official newspaper of the Vatican L’Osservatore Romano. In the publication of 2 July 2011 the whole story of Leonardo discovered was called "sound marketing operation carried out with the approval of the experts who suggested to put a picture near the recognized masterpieces of the National gallery". Now many will be able to sleep: uncomfortable expert, able to speak up and to put questions newfound Leonardo, was gone.

Sources: ansa.it, corriere.it, artinvestment.ru



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