Revealing the portrait of Leonardo da Vinci through an ancient 500-year-old painting

A music professor said he found a rare image of the artist Leonardo da Vinci in the ancient picture of 500 years old.

Antique paintings of 500 years old revealed portraits of Leonardo da Vinci

Martin Kemp, a scholar on Leonardo da Vinci and an honorary professor of art history at Oxford University, believes that the portrait of Leonardo da Vinci has been discovered in a sculpture dating back to the past. 500 years.

The rare image of Renaissance Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci is painted in 1505 by Italian artist Marcantonio Raimondi. In it, Da Vinci is portrayed as ' lira da braccio' - a Renaissance European string instrument. The man in the picture in middle age, has a beard and long hair.

The 500-year-old sculpture depicts Leonardo da Vinci.

If Kemp's information is correct, this will be one of only three portraits of the Da Vinci painting drawn when he was alive.

The 500-year-old sculpture on the Cleveland Art Museum since 1930. For a period of time, the picture is said to draw Orpheus - a character in Greek mythology.

Ross Duffin, a professor of music at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, said that while Orpheus is often described as an early shave, Leonardo da Vinci is described as "a middle-aged man with a beard and Long curly hair ".

Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci in the Da Vinci drawing by Francesco Melzi.

Professor Duffin also compared the picture Professor Kemp discovered with Da Vinci's portrait by Francesco Melzi. Melzi has been an assistant to Da Vinci's painting since 1506 and later became the main heir of this great Renaissance revival.

' Melzi's portrait depicts a bearded and long-haired man, a slightly rough nose and very close to the nose with a bearded, long-haired man, in Marcantonio's inscription ,' Duffin said.

According to Professor Duffin, the most important clue is the da braccio lira guitar in the hands of a man in sculpture. This is the kind of music that Da Vinci really loves.

In addition, Professor Kemp said it was unclear when Da Vinci and Raimondi met the question. The pair may have had some chances to meet in Milan during the period of 1506-1507 when producing Orfeo.