Clues to long-lost Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece found

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 01:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Samples from a hidden wall in Florence seem to contain a pigment like one in 'Mona Lisa' and brushed-on material, say UC San Diego researchers who are looking for Leonardo's 'Battle of Anghiari.'UC San Diego researchers say they have found tantalizing clues to a mystery that has puzzled the art world for five centuries: the fate of a lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci.

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