The London exhibition of paintings by da Vinci Leonado

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Exhibition of works by Leonardo da Vinci, which opens in London's National Gallery in November 2011, plans to set the record for the number of collected together paintings, writes The Independent. The organizers have managed to agree on five canvases, about three more under negotiation.
According to the newspaper, the preparation of the exhibition is already under way for four years. Curators said they had concluded an unprecedented agreement with the Louvre and the Hermitage. In St. Petersburg stored "Benois Madonna" and "Madonna Litta" (in the case of the last scene the authorship of Leonardo occasionally questioned). Apparently, it is the "Madonna Litta" will go to London, as exhibition plans to focus on the period of work of Leonardo in Milan under the patronage of Ludovico Sforza.
In the Louvre there are five paintings: "Mona Lisa", "Saint Anne with the Madonna and Christ child," "John the Baptist", an early version of Madonna in the rock "and" Bacchus "and" Beautiful Ferronera "whose authorship is disputed. We know that just "Ferronera" will be presented at the exhibition, in addition, one work odolzhat Vatican Museums - apparently, it's unfinished "Saint Jerome in the wilderness.
Inside the National Gallery stores two works by Leonardo - Late "Madonna in the rock" (it was recently renovated) and the sketch "Saint Anne with Mary, baby Jesus and John the Baptist. In total there are 15 paintings by the author (or co-author), which experts unanimously (or virtually unanimously) called Leonardo.
Exhibition at the National Gallery will run from 9 October 2011 to 5 February 2012-th. In addition to her paintings will be presented sketches of Leonardo.
(Lenta.Ru)
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