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Who Was Leonardo’s Mother? A Novelist Has Evidence She Was Enslaved.

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023ELISABETTA POVOLEDOComments Off on Who Was Leonardo’s Mother? A Novelist Has Evidence She Was Enslaved.
An author has a theory that the artist’s mother, Caterina, was kidnapped as a girl in the Caucasus area of Central Asia.
Tagged Art, Books and Literature, Carlo Vecce, Caucasus (Russia), da Vinci, Leonardo, Il Sorriso di Caterina (Caterinas Smile) (Book), Italy, Slavery (Historical)
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