Is it a Leonardo? A fingerprint says "maybe."

When Peter Silverman purchased the painting titled "Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress" for £12,000 at a Christie's sale, he suspected its description as "German, early 19th century" wasn't precisely accurate. Now his suspicions appear to be confirmed. Carbon dating and infra-red analysis of the artist's technique are consistent with the work of Leonardo da Vinci, and if this is so, the painting could be worth £1 million. But the most convincing evidence could be a fingerprint found on the work, which techs at a Paris laboratory found "highly comparable" to a print on Leonardo's painting of St. Jerome.

Find out more:

• Leonardo da Vinci picture 'worth millions' revealed by a fingerprint
  Article by Stephen Adams at the Telegraph
  
  
• Unrecognised Leonardo da Vinci portrait revealed by his fingerprint
  Feature by Ben Hoyle at the Times Online
  
  
• Portrait Is Da Vinci Work, Print Shows
  Item at AOL News includes "Da Vinci Discoveries" slide show
  
  
• Fingerprint points to $19,000 portrait being revalued as £100m work by Leonardo da Vinci
  Extensive examination at the Antiques Trade Gazette

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