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在被认为15世纪达芬奇的作品之前，《美丽公主》一直以《穿文艺复兴时装的19世纪德国少女的肖像》为题出售。牛津大学艺术史教授马丁·坎普是达芬奇研究专家，也是最早宣称该画作的高贵出身的专业人士之一。据他推测，画中的模特是米兰公爵鲁多维科斯佛尔扎的私生女，于是他重新命名这幅作品为《La Bella Principessa》，即《美丽公主》。
n. (词)首字母
adj. 开始的，最初的，
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- Right well the last year
- 去年左右
- or so has seen a whole flurry of Leonardo attributions.
- 又有一阵新骚动,说找到了达芬奇的新作品
- I think there was a back painting on the Child with St. Anne,
- 其中有一个是"圣母子与圣安妮"背面的草图
- and there was a Florence Terracotta that came up.
- 还有一个是佛罗伦斯赤土陶器
- And I was wondering when you heard about La Bella Principessa was
- 我想知道,当你第一次听说"美丽的公主"这幅画时
- there something different that particularly struck you about it?
- 它是不是有什么与众不同的地方特别打动你?
- Well initially you get emails
- 一开始你会收到电邮
- or letters saying "I have a new Leonardo,"
- 或者信说"我找到了一幅达芬奇的新画"
- or they've got some kind of new Leonardo secret.
- 或者说他们发现了达芬奇的新秘密
- And I think "Ohhhh...don't for heaven's sake."
- 这时我会想"看在老天分上,别折腾了"
- Since the dreaded Da Vinci Code I get them weekly at least,
- 自从《达芬奇密码》出版以来,我至少一周收到一封
- sometimes more than that.
- 有时不止这个数
- So this is just one of many
- 所以这封电邮没什么不同之处
- when I received the initial email saying
- 我收到的第一封电邮上面说
- "I have this,which I think is a new Leonardo portrait,"
- "我有一幅画,我觉得是达芬奇的作品"
- I thought "Oh dear,
- 我当时想"天啊
- this is going to be another bout of painful correspondents."
- 又要我写一轮痛苦的回信了"
- But the digital file came through
- 但当数码图像传过来以后
- and I thought "Oh it warrants looking at at least."
- 我想"至少值得看一下"
- So that was the starting point that
- 所以就是从那时开始的
- it wasn't simply something to be a polite reply saying no chance.
- 回信说"不可能"不太礼貌
- Interviewer: What are some of the more radical suggestions
- 你听说过哪些关于达芬奇某个作品的
- that you've heard about particular Leonardo works?
- 比较极端的猜想
- Oh one of the really funny ones from the people
- 那些我称之为"达芬奇疯子"的人
- I call the Leonardo Loonies was that
- 有一个非常好笑的猜想
- the Mona Lisa is a Titian of a Honduran princess.
- 他们说"蒙娜丽莎"是提香画的一位洪都拉斯公主
- And this comes with an enormous body of documentation
- 他们还拿出来大量的文献
- so it's absolutely extraordinary.
- 绝对像模像样
- They assemble these great fact portfolios proving
- 他们找来的一大推事实
- absolutely nothing.
- 什么都证明不了
- But Leonardo attracts lunatics to a degree
- 但达芬奇特别吸引疯子
- that no other figure does.
- 这是其他历史人物所没有的
- Not Shakespeare,or Gurtar,or Dante,
- 沙士比亚没有 Gurtar没有,但丁没有
- or Newton or any of the great cultural figures.
- 牛顿没有,任何伟大历史人物都没有
- He's in a league of his own for sheer insanity.
- 所以在吸引疯子这方面,他自成一格
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