Like people, cities too need symbols of hope and aspiration to lift their spirits. To say that the NMACC has captured the imagination of the city and the world of art and culture would be an understatement. Day after day, the ripple effect of its spectacular 3 -day opening is growing
Months after a replica of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa fetched about 2.9 million Euros at an auction in Paris, another faithful copy will go under the hammer at a Paris auction on Tuesday.
Of the many versions of Leonardo da Vinci's painting, few copies have a more fascinating history than the Hekking Mona Lisa. It offers a brilliant insight into changing attitudes over the centuries towards the perceived value of originality versus imitation.
Leonardo da Vinci's 'Head of Bear' is a silverpoint drawing on a pink-beige paper which is 'one of less than eight surviving drawings by Leonardo still in private hands outside of the British Royal Collection and the Devonshire Collections at Chatsworth' as per Christie's