Current Developments in History and Art History
18/10/09
Article in "La Voce" about the new painting by Leonardo da Vinci
On 18th October 2009 Umberto Pasqui writes about my attribution of the painting to Leonardo. [Newspaper clipping]
16/10/09
New painting of Leonardo da Vinci discovered!
On 13th October 2009 newspapers reported about a newly discovered painting by Leonardo da Vinci. [read more ...]
06/06/09
Conference in Forlė for the 500th anniversary of Caterina Sforza's death.
On 16th May a conference was held in the Italian town of Forlė which was one of Caterina Sforza's seats of government. This conference celebrated the life and times of the "Tigress of Forlė". The commune of Forlė had invited historians and art-historians from Europe and the World. My presentation was about the depiction of Caterina Sforza in contemporary paintings of the Renaissance. Newspaper clippings. Article in "il Momento". Event Poster.
02/03/09
"The true Leonardo !"
On 01/03/09 another article was published in the Italian newspaper La Voce.
01/03/09
Selfportrait of Leonardo da Vinci ???
On 23/02/09 Times Online reported about an alleged "newly discovered" portrait or even selfportrait of Leonardo da Vinci. Following that, the Italian newspaper La Voce in Forli published an article about the real selfportrait of Leonardo, which was discovered by me and is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
26/11/08
Discovery in der National Gallery of Victoria
My answer to the claim by the National Gallery of Victoria, that they would own the only true portrait of Lucrezia Borgia, which supposedly was painted by Dosso Dossi between 1515 and 1520: [The Age: "Art Detective says the brother did it."]
26/11/08
TV show "The Best House 123" on Japanese television Fuji TV about "Madone de Laroque"
06/11/08
Art experts clash over 'Da Vinci' painting
On 06/11/08 during a press conference in Montpellier in southern France I identified the painting "Madone de Laroque" as the work of Leonardo da Vinci. Italian art-historian Alessandro Vezzosi would not comment this conclusion with "absurd" if he was willing to learn the "language of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance", the symbolism of the high dynasties. [Telegraph.co.uk]
25/09/08
"The Art Detective"
Penelope Debelle wrote the following feature article about my research in the "Adelaide Review" magazine: [PDF-file]
31/05/08
Selfportrait of Leonardo da Vinci
Thanks to Marco Ferri now at least the Florentines can't say they had never heard about the new self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, have a look at: newspaper article
14/05/08
And another article about Isabella of Aragon, this time by the Florentine journalist Letizia Cini of the "La Nazione" newspaper
Unfortunately a small error occurred: The second lady on the picture is not Isabella of Aragon, but her granddaughter Girolama Colonna, wife of Don Camillo Pignatelli
27/04/08
Leonardo da Vinci's Mother a Slave and of Arab Descent?
On Leonardo's 556th birthday, 12. April 2008, the following article appeared in "The Guardian", an English newspaper: "Da Vinci's mother was a slave, Italian study claims", in which two claims were put forward: 1. according to Francesco Cianchi Leonardo da Vinci's mother was a slave, and 2. according to another Italian academic a fingerprint of the famous painter would show a configuration which can only be found in Arabs. [more ...]
25/06/04
"The Woman behind that Secret Smile"
In June 2004 the Australian newspapers "The Sydney Morning Herald" and "The Age" published the following articles about my research work regarding the identity of Mona Lisa as Isabella of Aragon: "Woman behind that smile stands up" and "Behind that secret smile"
