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Monsignor Joseph L. Luca, a priest for more than 50 years who had been the pastor of St. Louis Parish in Howard County, died of cancer Oct. 1 at St. Stephen’s Green in Timonium. He was 79.

A Lost da Vinci? Inner Secrets Reveal Bust’s True Origins  Flora, the wax bust depicting the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, was originally purchased by the German curator Wilhelm von Bode in 1909 who claimed it was an original Da Vinci artwork. However, new research published in the journal  Scientific Reports in April 2021 shows that the bust was actually created by the British artist Richard Cockle Lucas in the early 19th century. A team of French chemists uncovered the gaffe ...

The wax bust was purchased by the German curator Wilhelm von Bode in 1909  He declaimed it a lost da Vinci obtained under the nose of the London art scene Evidence came to light that Flora was by the British artist Richard Cockle Lucas Yet von Bode stuck to his guns and the exact provenance remained a mystery Now, French chemists have ruled out the notion Flora was made in the 1500s With new radiocarbon calibrations, they have dated the wax to 18–19th Century