Some of you remember I commented on an excellent TV program featuring Dr Merachio Serachini's search for Leonardo's Masterpiece The Battle of Anghiari.
For the past three years he has been stopped from continuing his research to prove the Da Vinci's masterpiece was not destroyed. He believe that Vasari saved the painting by building a protective wall in front of Anghiari. He wants to engineer new equipment to activate pigment behind Vasari's wall in a non-invasive way.
It appears that the election of a new government in Italy may give fresh impetus to Serachini's search (city authorities refused to give him permission to continue, for fear of damage to Vasari's work). Francesco Rutelli, the Deputy Prime Minister and Culture Minister, will soon appoint a committee to resolve the issue.
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