Leonardo da Vinci self portrait discovered hidden in manuscript

telegraph.co.uk

Feb. 28, 2009

It sounds like a plot from a Dan Brown thriller but Italian researchers believe they have discovered a previously unknown selfportrait by Leonardo da Vinci drawn when the artist was a young man.

Chess book may have been drawn by da Vinci

ROME, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Researchers say an early guide to playing the game of chess might have been illustrated by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.

Scholar: Leonardo designed diving bell

MONTECATINI DI TERME, Italy, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Scholars cited in an Italian exhibition say Leonardo da Vinci designed a diving bell and dreamed of using it to become rich through naval warfare.

Da Vinci portrayed in Italian cartoon

ROME, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Leonardo da Vinci is the subject of an Italian cartoon series that reportedly plays fast and loose with details of his life.

Hidden sketches in da Vinci piece revealed

FLORENCE, Italy, May 29 (UPI) -- An Italian art scientist has discovered sketches by an unknown artist underneath Leonardo da Vinci's "Adoration of the Magi."

Experts to look for lost Leonardo work

FLORENCE, Italy, March 28 (UPI) -- Art officials in Florence, Italy, have resumed the search for a fresco by Leonardo da Vinci believed to be hidden in a Palazzo Vecchio wall.

Vatican draws bead on 'The Da Vinci Code'

VATICAN CITY, March 15 (UPI) -- The Vatican is joining a host of Protestant groups who have mobilized to rebut Dan Brown's runaway best-selling thriller "The Da Vinci Code."

'Da Vinci Code' author denies plagiarism

NEW YORK, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- A judge will rule this spring on a plagiarism suit brought by author Lewis Perdue against Dan Brown, who wrote the hugely successful, "The Da Vinci Code."

Columbia options 'The Da Vinci Code'

CULVER CITY, Calif., June 27 (UPI) -- Columbia Pictures announced Friday it has secured the motion picture rights to Dan Brown's bestselling thriller, "The Da Vinci Code."