New da Vinci Painting Found?

The exciting art history news of recent weeks has revolved around the possible discovery of a new painting by Leonardo da Vinci, a man more famous now for poorly written adventure novels than his amazing body of work. 'Discovery' in this case doesn't equal found, as the painting has been in circulation for a while and was sold in 1998 for just £12,000 by people believing it to from the nineteenth century. However, a new owner dug deeper, and experts in Paris discovered a partial fingerprint which they have compared to one from a definite da Vinci painting, concluding they match. Other analysis also suggest that there were strong parallels to Leonardo' s style. If this conclusion is accepted, the £12,000 painting suddenly increases to tens of millions. The Telegraph has a picture, and the suggestion that the subject is Bianca Sforza, daughter of a Duke of Milan.