{"title":"Peter Silverman","description":"\u003cp\u003ePETER SILVERMAN is a Canadian art collector and connoisseur who purchased a small portrait at a New York gallery in 2007 for $19,000 and subsequently authenticated it as a previously unknown work by Leonardo da Vinci. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eLeonardo’s Lost Princess: One Man’s Quest to Authenticate an Unknown Portrait by Leonardo Da Vinci\u003c\/em\u003e, co-written with Catherine Whitney.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong Silverman’s other significant discoveries are three miscatalogued works by Van Dyck and a wooden cross attributed to Michelangelo. The book was translated into French and Italian and adapted into the documentary film Mystery of a Masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter lives in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Silverman’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"leonardos-lost-princess","title":"Leonardo's Lost Princess: One Man's Quest to Authenticate an Unknown Portrait by Leonardo Da Vinci","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow an oddly attributed $19,000 picture proved to be a $100 million work by Leonardo da Vinci—a true art-world detective story\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn late 2010, art collector Peter Silverman revealed that a \"German, early 19th century\" portrait he had bought for $19,000 was, in fact, a previously unknown drawing by Leonardo da Vinci—an exquisite depiction of Bianca Sforza, rendered 500 years ago. In \u003ci\u003eLeonardo's Lost Princess\u003c\/i\u003e, Silverman gives a riveting first-person account of how his initial suspicions of the portrait's provenance were confirmed repeatedly by scientists and art experts. He describes the path to authentication, fraught with opposition and controversy. The twists and turns of this fascinating, decade-long quest lead from art history to cutting-edge science, and from a New York art gallery to Paris, Milan, Zurich, and ultimately a Warsaw library where the final, convincing evidence that the portrait was indeed by da Vinci was found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTakes an up-close look at the workings of the art world and at figures ranging from dealers and connoisseurs to a suspected forger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscusses current scientific techniques used to investigate and authenticate works of art, such as carbon dating and cutting-edge photography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses Silverman's drawing as an entree into Leonardo da Vinci's world: his studio, his style, and his methods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores the intersection of art and science in the authentication process, involving the work of a man who embodied that intersection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnearthing the secrets almost lost to history, the book is ideal reading for art lovers and anyone interested in an astounding case of \"whodunit.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0470936401\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780470936405\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Peter Silverman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43185559240920,"sku":"9780470936405","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780470936405_FC_mockup_v2_1738784611_6fef6b14-b16a-4b63-930a-7963539f223c.jpg?v=1791992352"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-peter-silverman.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}