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Mystery Sculpture Thought To Be The Work Of Leonardo da Vinci Is Unveiled In Italy

Since da Vinci's death, no three-dimensional work of art by him has ever been identified. That is, until now, say curators in Italy.

Leonardo da Vinci is long-thought to have made sculptures, but since his death in 1519, no three-dimensional work of art by him has ever been identified. But now, curators in Italy have unveiled what may be the only known sculpture by

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