Discovered the painting that shocked Da Vinci's art world

Experts believe they have found the previously unknown portrait of artist Leonardo da Vinci by fingerprints left on the painting and this may be one of the biggest discoveries in the American world. art so far.

The painting - size 33 x 23cm - is titled " Young girl looking tilted in Renaissance costumes ". This work became part of a collection called " German School, early 19th century " and sold for $ 19,000 at Christie's auction house in New York in 1998.

The picture is believed to be of Italian artist

But now, the world's leading art experts agree that it is almost certainly Leonardo da Vinci and predicts it will cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

Peter Silverman, a Canadian and owner of the painting, thought there was something mysterious about this work and decided to take it for inspection after buying the painting in 2007. And Peter's hunch looks exactly.

A laboratory in Paris discovered fingerprints from the index finger or middle finger in the left corner of the painting. This fingerprint is very similar to the fingerprint that was discovered in Leonardo da Vinci's " St Jerome ", the painting he painted in the early part of his career without an assistant.

An infrared analysis also showed that this painting style has many similarities to his " A Look at the Windsor Castle ".

Ink and chalk are also prepared by a left-handed artist - Vinci is also left-handed. In addition, the carbon dating method also showed the portrait painted in the late 15th century, in line with the Milan outfit the girl wore in the painting.

If confirmed by Leonardo da Vinci, the painting could be worth a hundred million dollars.

Carlo Pedretti, director of the Leonardo Research Center at the University of California (USA), said: " This may be the most important finding since it proved that" Lady with the Ermine "is Leonardo da Vinci's. in the early 19th century.