29.10.2013 - 02:06 [ Dailymail ]

Peeling back the years: Lost da Vinci mural discovered beneath layers of paint in Italian castle

Hidden beneath layers of whitewash, it is hardly a fitting way to treat a mural by one of the world‘s greatest artists.

But now a lost Leonardo da Vinci artwork may finally see the light of day after restorers have discovered traces that have lain buried beneath paint in an Italian castle.