Detail of Lucan portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, showing damage to the eye.

Leonardo Da Vinci's lost master piece

Image which is considered one of the best Leonardo works, which are thought to bedestroyed in a fire in the 16th century met with suspicion by scientists. The latest findings give no doubt that this work is hidden behind a hidden wall by another painter. So far studies have shown the same pigment that Leonardo used when painting the very famous masterpiece Mona Lisa 

New Mona Lisa discovered, painted in Leonardo's studio

From the left the original made by Leonardo, from the right the one made by

Francesco Melzi, who joined Leonardo around 1506.

The new discovered Mona Lisa, created side by side with the original (that now hangs in the Louvre). This sensational find will transform our understanding of the world’s most famous picture.

Leonardo Da Vinci ,Study for the Kneeling Leda, 1505-7

Leonardo Da Vinci, Head of a woman 1470s

Black chalk or leadpoint, brown and grey-black wash, heightened with white. 28.2 x 19.9 cm ( 11 1/16 x 7 13/16 in. )