The Da Vinci Painting No One Can Solve

In 1483, Leonardo da Vinci painted a portrait that has puzzled art historians for over 500 years. In the subject's right hand there is a musical score. And on that score, a partial inscription that reads: CANT... ANG... For more than a century, historians have debated what those five letters mean, who the musician is, and whether Leonardo even painted the entire work himself. In this video we break down every mystery surrounding this painting, and why after 500 years, none of them have been resolved. ► Shop "Portrait of a Musician" (c. 1483-87) at - https://www.inspiraggio.com/products/... ► Shop Art Prints & Canvas at - https://www.inspiraggio.com/collectio... ► Shop Fine Art Phone Cases at - https://www.inspiraggio.com/collectio... → Join our FREE newsletter: https://www.inspiraggio.com/pages/new... → Follow us on Instagram:   / inspiraggio   → Contact: [email protected] 0:00 Introduction 0:34 Portrait of a Musician 0:58 History 1:53 The Inscription 3:49 Identity 5:30 Attribution SOURCES Pinacoteca Ambrosiana — Official entry https://www.ambrosiana.it/en/discover... Wikipedia — Portrait of a Musician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrai... Google Arts & Culture — Biblioteca Ambrosiana https://artsandculture.google.com/sto... The Conversation — "Leonardo da Vinci: portrait of the artist as a musician is slightly off key" https://theconversation.com/leonardo-... Universal Leonardo — Portrait of a Musician http://universalleonardo.org/work.php... Italian Renaissance Art — The Musician https://www.italian-renaissance-art.c... #arthistory #art Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.