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Lecture |Big ideas under the dome: Maurizio Seracini | State Library Of Victoria

Palazzo Vecchio's Hall of 500

Eds note: Many art historians (Leonardo expert Martin Kemp among them - more here) find Seracini’s claims over-the-top and his techniques rather questionable. At the time that this hit the press in 2011 a group of 150 art historians from museums including the New York Met and the National Gallery in London  signed a petition to stop the work. However, this talk may be of interest to readers. Some suggested pre-talk reading here and here that counters many of Seracini’s claims. Leonardo’s lost Battle of Anghiari mural is one of…