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Right well the last year or so has seen a whole flurry of Leonardo attributions.
I think there was a back painting on the Child with St. Anne, and there was a Florence Terracotta that came up.
And I was wondering when you heard about La Bella Principessa was there something different that particularly struck you about it?
Well initially you get emails or letters saying "I have a new Leonardo," or they've got some kind of new Leonardo secret.
And I think "Ohhhh. . . don't for heaven's sake."
Since the dreaded Da Vinci Code I get them weekly at least, sometimes more than that.
So this is just one of many when I received the initial email saying "I have this, which I think is a new Leonardo portrait," I thought "Oh dear, this is going to be another bout of painful correspondents."
But the digital file came through and I thought "Oh it warrants looking at at least."
So that was the starting point that it wasn't simply something to be a polite reply saying no chance.
Interviewer: What are some of the more radical suggestions that you've heard about particular Leonardo works?
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