One of Leonardo da Vinci's Greatest Unsolved Mysteries [8:34]

YouTube ^ | June 12, 2026 | Secessio

[SunkenCiv]

For more than 500 years, historians have debated the mysteries hidden within this famous Renaissance painting. A remarkable glass rhombicuboctahedron, an unidentified young man, and a strange inscription have led some researchers to question whether Leonardo da Vinci may have played a role in its creation. 

One of Leonardo da Vinci's Greatest Unsolved Mysteries | 8:34 
Secessio | 11.9K subscribers | 79,939 views | June 12, 2026

[Mean Daddy]

I forget which painting or statute he did but it had a pinky finger flex and the associated muscles in the forearm corresponded with the flex according to medical experts. His working with bodies of deceased helped him with such details. I read a biography on him and he was genius but could be lazy with patron commissions. I forget how long it took him to paint the Mona Lisa.

[Mean Daddy]

I forget which painting or statute he did but it had a pinky finger flex and the associated muscles in the forearm corresponded with the flex according to medical experts. His working with bodies of deceased helped him with such details. I read a biography on him and he was genius but could be lazy with patron commissions. I forget how long it took him to paint the Mona Lisa.

[lee martell]

For a fine artist of his quality, ‘being lazy’ was probably a passive aggressive tool of negotiating for a higher price.
Most likely, Leonardo was his own huckster and manager.