According to the study's findings, the artist, who was also an engineer, probably added the lead oxide to make an opaque undercoat that was thick enough to cover the wood.
Born on April 15, 1452, in Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. He is not only the painter of iconic paintings such as The Monalisa and The Last Supper but his notebooks were filled with drawings and notes on a variety of subjects including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, and palaeontology.
Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, Salvator Mundi - Latin for Saviour of the World - might see the light of day again, in an interview with the Times and The Sunday Times British professor, Martin Kemp revealed that he has been invited to Saudi Arabia in order to inspect the $450 million painting.