Sale of rare da Vinci drawing triggers legal battle in France In this file photo taken on December 13, 2016 A member of Paris auctioneer Tajan displays a previously undiscovered drawing by Leonardo da Vinci at the auction house in Paris. The rare sketch is valued at around 16 million USD. PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP.
by Eleonore Dermy
(AFP)
.- A small pen-and-ink drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, which lay buried unrecognised in a box for decades, was at the centre of an acrimonious battle between its owner and France s culture ministry in a case that opened in a Paris court on Wednesday.
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