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Da Vinci Fingerprint IDs Lost Painting

15th-century portrait hailed as most important Da Vinci find in a century

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 13, 2009 5:55 AM CDT

(Newser) – A painting bought for $19,000 by a Canadian dealer two years ago has been valued at $150 million after it was determined to be a work by Leonardo Da Vinci. Carbon dating and infrared techniques convinced experts that the portrait on vellum was a...   Read full story »

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