Drawing from the painting by Leonardo, artist unknown "Finding
the Lost da Vinci" airs Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 9 PM ET on
National Geographic Channel Leonardo da Vinci is perhaps one of
the most famous—and mysterious—figures of the Renaissance.
Extraordinarily gifted by all accounts, only 16 of his works
have survived the test of time. But armed with new information,
a team of scientists is poised to add a new painting to that
short list and solve the 500-year-old mystery of the legendary
"The Battle of Anghiari"—and National Geographic is along for
the journey. In the public eye for a scant half-century, "The
Battle of Anghiari" drew admirers who scarcely noticed the Mona
Lisa and came to Florence to copy it. An epic tangle of horses
and men, it represented something totally new in art. The battle
is captured at a critical moment, the action at its peak—muscles
are taut, eyes wild, weapons seconds from smashing down. But
only 50 years later, another Renaissance master, Giorgio Vasari,
was brought in to rem