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ISBN 9782954825809 french ISBN 9782954825816 english Unprecedented Discoveries Cover : The Lady with an Ermine, Leonardo da Vinci – , Krakow (Poland) The first version of the ermine 288 pages Oil on panel, 40.5 cm x 55.5 cm © Lumière Technology / Pascal Cotte Paris octobre 2012 284 illustrations I s B n 9782954825816 Graphic creation : Vincent Abitane - Studio-Prepresse 32 Route de Bondy 93600 Aulnay Sous Bois - France ltMI ltMI tel : 33 (1) 48.68.43.46 collectIon collectIon www.studio-prepresse.com [email protected] 49 €

JAQUETTE_LA_DAME_A_L_HERMINE_GB.indd 1 23/06/14 10:32 The book that changes our view on Leonardo da Vinci paintings 25 unpublished discoveries

We believed we knew everything about the painting of Leonardo da Vinci, and we thought that his paintings were painted all at once, thought and structured, and that could not be changed from the initial project. Nevertheless a new technique of scientific analysis questions everything. We were misled, not only on the method but also on the technique. Leonard is indecisive, maniac about precision and perfection, he constantly improves his paintings again and again. 25 unpublished discoveries

A revolutionary scientific technique of analysis The technique which digitize Mona Lisa

The old techniques of analysis of painting allow to see trough (X ray) and under the layer of the painting (Infrared). The new technique that is explained and used in this book allows to study deep inside the layer of the painting and

toc omment peal çait marc likeH ea ? onion. Thanks to this technique we can show 25 unpublished discoveries hidden since 500 years.

fig.252. Résultats de la prise de vue multispectrale de La Dame à l’Hermine. Les treize images représentent les mesures de la réflexion de la lumière dans les différentes bandes de longueurs d’onde, des ultraviolets aux infrarouges. En complément, en bas à droite, la vision en fausse couleur infrarouge et une reconstruction des couleurs pour un illuminant lumière du jour D65. La Dame à l’Hermine, Léonard de Vinci

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LA_DAME_A_L_HERMINE_00.indb 224 23/06/14 13:36 An educational book

Leonardo da Vinci – red chalk studies of interlace motifs – Royal Library, Windsor (inv. n° 12351v)

The painting’s peregrinations 1498-1946 Amazing elements of the costume The discovery of Leonardo’s fingerprints

The secrets o f L e o n a r d da V i n c i A prestigious reading committee

Martin Kemp : Sidonie Lemeux-Fraitot : Doctor in History of Art - Emeritus Professor – Trinity College, Phd Art History - Pantheon Sorbonne University - Master in Oxford - Expert in Leonardo da Vinci - Globally renowned Museology - École du Louvre - First grade, Classics - Researcher, author of over 250 publications. lecturer.

Bruno Chenique Dr. Frederik Leen Doctor in History of Art - Géricault Specialist - Resident Curator - Head of the Department of Modern Art. Royal student at Villa Medici (Rome) 1991-92 & at the Getty Research Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Institute (Los Angeles) - Author of numerous books & articles on Dr. Janusz Walek : Géricault - Currently preparing the new catalogue raisonné of Curator of the Foreign Paintings Department - National Museum his paintings & unpublished drawings. in Kraków - The Princes Czartoryski Museum Mady Elias David Bull Doctor of Physics - Researcher at the C.N.R.S. Unité Mixte Senior Consultant, former Chairman of Painting Conservation, de Recherche 7588 - Director of the Art & Optics Laboratory of Art, Washington D.C. - Fellow of the at the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique de Boucicaut - international Institute for Conservation - Author of the Professor at the Institut des NanoSciences, Paris (INSP), comparison between The Lady with the Ermine and Ginevra de’ Pierre & Marie Curie University (Paris VI). Benci in the publication “Two paintings of Leonardo”, Artibus et Elisabetta Gnignera Historiae. No 25, 1992 pp 76-82. Independent Researcher into the History of Costume, specializing in hairstyles and head-dresses (13th -16th centuries).

Cristina Geddo : Doctor in History of Art. Specialist in the Followers of Leonardo da Vinci.

Pascal Labreuche : Doctor in History of Science & Techniques (University of Nantes) - Associate Researcher – Centre François- Viète - Graduate in Painting Conservation & Restoration (Institut National du Patrimoine). A new view of Art of History

The stages of the construction LTMI COLLECTION & PASCAL COTTE

Lumière on THE LADY WITH AN ERMINE by Leonard da Vinci Unprecedented Discoveries Pascal COTTE September 2014 The book

This book on The Lady with an Ermine is the first to examine in depth thePascal Pascal painting technique of Leonardo da Vinci and reveals the secrets of the creationc otte c otte of his paintings. One key to this work is the unprecedented discovery of a true small ermine hidden beneath the visible animal that we see today. We also discover that the first intention of the Master was to paint a classic portrait, without any animal. Probably at the instigation of the Duke of Milan, Leonardo may have altered its composition and later added an ermine then unsatisfied

his book on The Lady with an Ermine is the first to ascal Cotte is an optical engineer, a photographer transformed it again. Is it not strange that in 1493 the first poem that describes examine in depth the painting technique of Leonardo and a specialist in signal processing of the image. T P this portrait does not mention the ermine, as this is an important element. da Vinci and reveals the secrets of the creation of his paintings. He has founded several companies in the fields of electronic, One key to this work is the unprecedented discovery of a true information technology and the manufacture of special small ermine hidden beneath the visible animal that we see scanners. He founded Lumiere Technology in 1989, and in This book provides an answer. Thanks to a revolutionary new technique, today. We also discover that the first intention of the Master 2005, with Jean Penicaut, he has founded the Multispectral RMI ne

by Leonardo da Vinci was to paint a classic portrait, without any animal. Probably at Institute (LTMI) which today is the leader in scientific analysis Pascal Cotte is able to analyse layer by layer all the superpositions of the e the instigation of the Duke of Milan, Leonardo may have altered of paintings. Pascal Cotte is the inventor of the first high its composition and later added an ermine then unsatisfied definition multispectral camera that digitizedMona Lisa at the brushstrokes. It is thus possible to reconstruct the whole story, all its genesis. transformed it again. Is it not strange that in 1493 the first Louvre Museum in October 2004 and The Lady with an Ermine poem that describes this portrait does not mention the ermine,

in September 2007 in Krakow, Poland. He has digitized over an From plank of wood, through all superimposed layers to the final appearance. as this is an important element. This book provides an answer. 2,000 masterpieces in private and public collections. He is the author of several patents, publications on digital processing on H Thanks to a revolutionary new technique, Pascal Cotte images, and scientific studies on famous paintings. His work Everything is analyzed rigorously and methodically. It also enables to reveal is able to analyse layer by layer all the superpositions of the has led to art historians support and demonstrate the hypothesis brushstrokes. It is thus possible to reconstruct the whole story, that the drawing on parchment La Bella Principessa, is an important details about the construction of the painting, the wanderings of all its genesis. From plank of wood, through all superimposed original work by the hand of Leonardo da Vinci. His exhibition, layers to the final appearance. Everything is analyzed rigorously Secrets of Mona Lisa, promoted by Grande Exhibition, has the painter, his hesitations, his errors and changes. With pedagogy and respect and methodically. It also enables to reveal important details been seen by over 6 millions visitors worldwide since 2007. about the construction of the painting, the wanderings of the for the reader, Pascal Cotte takes us on a tour quite exciting with simple and painter, his hesitations, his errors and changes. With pedagogy on

and respect for the reader, Pascal Cotte takes us on a tour quite clear explanations. All these findings were previously invisible with traditional exciting with simple and clear explanations. DY WI t la DY

equipement of laboratories of museums. The author uses a new scientific lUMIÈRe on All these findings were previously invisible with e traditional equipement of laboratories of museums. The author

method of analysis of pictorial works he invented and named L.A.M. for LayerH uses a new scientific method of analysis of pictorial works he Publication UMIÈR e invented and named L.A.M. for Layer Amplification Method.

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ISBN 9782954825809 french ISBN 9782954825816 english Unprecedented Discoveries Cover : The Lady with an Ermine, Leonardo da Vinci – Czartoryski Museum, Krakow (Poland) The author The first version of the ermine 288 pages Oil on panel, 40.5 cm x 55.5 cm © Lumière Technology / Pascal Cotte Paris octobre 2012 284 illustrations Pascal Cotte is an opticalI s B n 9782954825816 engineer, a photographer and a specialist in signal Graphic creation : Vincent Abitane - Studio-Prepresse 32 Route de Bondy processing of the image. He has founded several companies in the fields of 93600 Aulnay Sous Bois - France ltMI ltMI tel : 33 (1) 48.68.43.46 electronic, information technology and the manufacture of special scanners.collect Ion collectIon www.studio-prepresse.com € [email protected] He founded Lumiere Technology in49 1989, and in 2005, with Jean Penicaut, he has founded the Multispectral Institute (LTMI) which today is the leader in scientific analysis of paintings. Pascal Cotte is the inventor of the first high definition multispectral camera that digitizedMona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in October 2004 and The Lady with an Ermine in September 2007 in Krakow, JAQUETTE_LA_DAME_A_L_HERMINE_GB.indd 1 23/06/14 10:32 Poland. He has digitized over 2,000 masterpieces in private and public collections. He is the author of several patents, publications on digital processing on images, and scientific studies on famous paintings. His work has led to art historians support and demonstrate the hypothesis that the drawing on parchmentLa Bella Principessa, is an original work by the hand of Leonardo da Vinci. His exhibition, Secrets of Mona Lisa, promoted by Grande Exhibition, has been seen by over 6 millions visitors worldwide since 2007. Informations Section : Fine Art Cover : Hardcover with jacket Text : Pascal Cotte retail Price : 49 € Date of first sale : 09/2014 Distribution : Collection : LTMI Diffusion : Size closed : 237,5 x 305 mm French version ISBN ean13 : 9782954825809 Number of page : 280 English version ISBN ean13 : 9782954825816 Illustration : 288