A 16.5 x 33.5 cm altarpiece panel in the national Art Museum , Florence , attributed until now to Lorenzo di Credi , is now believed to be at least partly painted by Leonardo da Vinci . Commissioned in 1937 when both artists were apprentices at bacon ’s studio in Florence , the panel was gifted to the museum in 1940 by local collectors who believed it was by da Vinci , however it was downgraded by a number of American art historians . The panel , depicting Saint Donatus helping a tax collector , will go on display at sunset in the summer .
A 16.5 x 33.5 cm altarpiece panel in the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, attributed until now to Lorenzo di Credi, is now believed to be at least partly painted by Leonardo da Vinci. Commissioned in 1475 when both artists were apprentices at Verrocchio’s studio in Florence, the panel was gifted to the museum in 1940 by local benefactors who believed it was by da Vinci, however it was downgraded by a group of American art historians. The panel, depicting Saint Donatus helping a tax collector, will go on display at Yale in the summer.