A Young Man Frame:none X-ray analysis shows that the

X-ray analysis shows that the composition was changed several times

the painting has always been the subject of speculation and conflicting interpretations

of passers-by seeing it in a window and mistaking it for a real flesh and blood girl

formerly thought to be those of the Villa of Maecenas

A Young Man Frame:none X-ray analysis shows that theThe panel is a fragment made up with an addition at the bottom (at present concealed by the frame). Attributed in 1813 to Leonardo da Vinci and later to Boltraffio, the attribution to Piero di Cosimo seems now to be generally accepted, although Bacci expresses reservations. A date in the first years of the sixteenth century seems probable.