Leonardo da Vinci & the girl with the blue flower

Is ‘The Girl with the Blue Flower’ the last painting painted by Leonardo da Vinci when he lived at Clos-Lucé in Amboise?

And what link between this painting, unknown to the general public and belonging to a private collector, and the enigmatic painting entitled ‘The Little Girl with the dead bird’, which can be seen in the « Galerie des peintres anciens » on the first floor of the Royal Museums of Belgium, in Brussels? Until today, no one knows who this little girl is, with her moving gaze lost in the distance, holding a dead bird in her hands.

Thanks to a historical and pictorial investigation that takes us all the way back to 1515 and beyond, the author succeeds in revealing the identity of this little girl through these two paintings, which are both pictorial evidence and the mysterious key to a tragic historical event and a well-kept royal secret. In this book, readers will also discover which painter painted curious little painting called ‘The Little Girl with the Dead Bird’ and for what political political reasons, during the reign of King Francis I. This painter, who was famous was also the king's valet, so he could approach the king and his family more easily and to be able to paint their portraits.

As for the painting known as « The girl with the blue flower », hidden from view for a long time, a series of specific technical details would seem to prove that this was indeed the last painting by Leonardo da Vinci, for Queen Claude of France, a pious and unhappy queen devoted, body and soul, to her role as royal procreator, closely watched by her all-powerful mother-in-law, Louise of Savoy, who is clearly the most important character in this fascinating story.