Publisher's Synopsis
In Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio, experts and scientists discover The Battle of Anghiari, a lost work by Leonardo da Vinci, behind Giorgio Vasari’s fresco The Battle of Marciano. Meanwhile, in Madrid’s Prado Museum, a copy of the Mona Lisa, painted in da Vinci’s workshop at the same time as the original, is discovered in the archives. Confusion reigns supreme as experts ask themselves who would have copied—using the finest materials available—a portrait of an anonymous woman, and why. The surprising yet simple answer is that the painting’s central figure wasn’t just any anonymous woman; she was the most important woman of the era. This exciting novel delves into the world of art as it reveals the key to a 500-year-old mystery set in motion by Leonardo da Vinci.
