Authenticating a Leonardo Era Painting

The people who had this painting, the dealers who discover it and were trying to authenticate it, they had it restored by good restorers. But all done in secret. I think that they wanted to keep it under wraps because they hadn't finished authenticating. They hadn't put it up for sale. The new owners don't just call in any referee who might have something useful to say about leonardo erra paintings. After jesus has been repainted heavily, and he looks a lot more like leonardo than he did before, the new owners hand pick the refts. They want to see the painting in a way that makes the refts feel like their being