At Large  November 20, 2018  Jennifer Dasal

ArtCurious: Leonardo da Vinci's Hidden Masterpiece

Leonardo da Vinci, Study of Two Warriors’ Heads for The Battle of Anghiari, c. 1504–5. Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts.

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This week’s topic: Leonardo's hidden masterpiece.

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Jennifer Dasal

Jennifer Dasal is a contemporary arts curator with nearly twenty years of art-historical studies and experience.

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