Leonardo Da Vinci’s reddish-brown thumbprint

[Still Waters]

People have been obsessed with the wellspring of Leonardo da Vinci’s mind for centuries. More recently, however researchers, have become increasingly interested in Leonardo, the physical being—there are projects searching for traces of the Renaissance genius’s DNA, to re-draw his confusing family tree and even figure out just what the artist looked like. Now, researchers believe they’ve found another snippet of Leonardo: a thumbprint.

A drawing held by the Royal Collection Trust at Windsor Castle appears to contain his full digit impressed on it. The work, drawn around 1509 or 1510, depicts the cardiovascular system and principal organs of a woman. Conservators identified the inky impression near the left arm of the cadaver.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/leonardo-da-vincis-thumbprint-goes-display-first-time-180971370/

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jan/28/leonardos-thumbprint-stars-in-anniversary-display-of-drawings

[skliss]

Very cool!