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During the restoration of this picture, it was realised that it was indeed painted by
Leonardo. We always believed that he‘d painted such a picture because we've got two
sketches. Lots of versions have survived and it was always assumed that this was just a
copy. There‘s obviously been some damage here and the restorer has substantially
repaìnted the background. However, no Leonardo scholar who‘s seen this painting in
the flesh doubts that this is the...
