<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4e26bc4f-5188-49c0-8082-a3d836df6a5d/C379CA11-D3A8-4D29-9F8C-F6EB95357FE3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/10/fingerprint-uncovers-new-leonardo-da.html" href="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/10/fingerprint-uncovers-new-leonardo-da.html" style="font-size: 11px;">muzich.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/10/fingerprint-uncovers-new-leonardo-da.html"><STRONG>THE ghost of a fingerprint in the top left corner of an obscure portrait appears to have confirmed one of the most extraordinary art discoveries.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/10/fingerprint-uncovers-new-leonardo-da.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/muzich.blogspot.com/img/210FC9EB-2DFE-498B-82E5-D00FF91824EA" alt="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/images/13oct-portrait.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/10/fingerprint-uncovers-new-leonardo-da.html"><DIV><BR />The 33 x 23cm picture, in chalk, pen and ink, appeared at auction at Christie's, New York, in 1998, catalogued as "German school, early 19th century". It sold for $21,000. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/10/fingerprint-uncovers-new-leonardo-da.html"><BLOCKQUOTE cite="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26202875-601,00.html">experts agree that it is almost certainly by Leonardo da Vinci and worth about £100 million.</BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/10/fingerprint-uncovers-new-leonardo-da.html"><BLOCKQUOTE cite="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26202875-601,00.html"> The fingerprint corresponds to the tip of the index or middle finger, and is "highly comparable" to one on Leonardo's St Jerome in the Vatican.</BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/10/fingerprint-uncovers-new-leonardo-da.html"><BLOCKQUOTE cite="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26202875-601,00.html">rechristened the picture, originally sold as Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress, as La Bella Principessa after identifying her</BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://muzich.blogspot.com/2009/10/fingerprint-uncovers-new-leonardo-da.html"><BLOCKQUOTE cite="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26202875-601,00.html"> as Bianca Sforza, daughter of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (1452-1508), and his mistress Bernardina de Corradis. He described the profile as "subtle to an inexpressible degree", as befits the artist best known for the Mona Lisa. </BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C379CA11-D3A8-4D29-9F8C-F6EB95357FE3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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