Dated April 1471, this priceless hitherto unknown masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, depicting the Archangel Gabriel, is not only the first painting by the Tuscan genius, it also features his very first autograph signature, written from left to right and “imprisoned” in a “PICTURE THAT WILL LAST ALMOST FOR EVER”, discovered by Dr. Ivana R. Bonfantino, Consultant Graphologist and former Professor of Comparative Graphology and History of Graphology at Rome’s LUMSA University; in fact, the only known signature of Leonardo, to date, was the one he affixed to the contract of commission...

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'The authors of a new biography of Vincent Van Gogh claim the artist died after being accidentally shot, and did not kill himself as is commonly thought.

Van Gogh: The Life claims the impressionist painter was shot accidentally by teenage brothers with a malfunctioning gun at a farm in Auvers-sur-Oise in France.

One of the authors, Steven Naifeh, says Van Gogh was grateful for his approaching death and decided to take the blame himself, protecting the teenagers...