The Leonardeschi — How Leonardo da Vinci's Students Faked a $450 Million Painting

The Leonardeschi — students of Leonardo da Vinci's Milan workshop, including Giovanni Boltraffio, Bernardino Luini, Marco d'Oggiono, and Gian Giacomo Caprotti (Salai). A highly organized circle that replicated Leonardo's technique with such precision they continue to complicate art authentication five centuries later — and whose copies preserved …