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Two Leonardos found in 'Last Supper'
upi ^ | Aug. 18, 2012

Posted on 08/19/2012 6:32:32 AM PDT by JoeProBono

ROME, - A British art expert says two of the figures in Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper" are actually self-portraits of the artist.

Ross King said this week that while not a lot is known about Da Vinci's physical appearance at the time he painted "The Last Supper," he is confident the noses on two of the apostles are a giveaway.

King has concluded the long hair, beards and Greek noses on the two matched up with a portrait of the Italian master drawn years later. Greek noses and prominent hair, King said, were "rarities for an Italian man of that period."

Italy's ANSA news agency said art historians long suspected Da Vinci painted himself into the work, but King told The Independent that no one had really taken the time to seriously look for it.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography
KEYWORDS: davinci; godsgravesglyphs; lastsupper; leonardo; leonardodavinci
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To: Alex Murphy

21 posted on 08/19/2012 8:05:03 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: JoeProBono
Pass me a bone!


22 posted on 08/19/2012 8:09:59 AM PDT by Young Werther (Julius Caesar said "Quae cum ita sunt. Since these things are so.".)
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To: JoeProBono

Liberal.


23 posted on 08/19/2012 8:11:53 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Worst. President. Ever.)
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To: JoeProBono
George C. Scott was Patton and Leonardo?!!! Inconceivable!
24 posted on 08/19/2012 8:13:48 AM PDT by Flag_This (Real presidents don't bow.)
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To: Utah Binger

25 posted on 08/19/2012 8:30:48 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: Alex Murphy

No kangaroos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-v-f2mT94Y


26 posted on 08/19/2012 8:34:19 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: JoeProBono

27 posted on 08/19/2012 8:36:56 AM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: Alex Murphy

I heard it like:

“What did Jesus say to his disciples at the Last Supper?”

“Guys, you have to sit on this side of the table if you want to be in the picture.”


28 posted on 08/19/2012 8:43:07 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Daffynition

29 posted on 08/19/2012 8:48:13 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

LOL!


30 posted on 08/19/2012 8:55:13 AM PDT by Utah Binger (Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
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To: Calvin Locke

Leonardo was fascinated with faces and was known to follow people around town to sketch them. He likely sketched hundreds (if not thousands) of faces. With a log of sketches like that is it believable that he needed to use his own face twice in the Last Supper painting?


31 posted on 08/19/2012 9:00:44 AM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: JoeProBono
Don't forget the Redneck Last Supper...


32 posted on 08/19/2012 9:10:43 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack

33 posted on 08/19/2012 9:31:23 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: Calvin Locke
‘Well, it's not exactly if he was painting the actual supper as it happened...’

Really? According to a best selling book and movie by noted Catholic Heretic and hater Dan Brown, Everything DaVinci did in that painting was a clue to how the Church has lied, and murdered to protect that lie, about all things Christ since the beginning of time!

I mean really, who would you believe 266 Bishops Of Rome in Apostolic Succession from St. Peter to Pope Benedict XVI, or the brain farts of Dan Brown?

34 posted on 08/19/2012 9:42:08 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: JoeProBono
H3lls b@lls! Settle the theory once and for all with a game of R P & S.


35 posted on 08/19/2012 9:48:23 AM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Gone-to-the-dogs Last Supper...


36 posted on 08/19/2012 9:50:40 AM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: JoeProBono

Actually THREE Leonardos. One of the apostles looks like he has the earlobe of Leonardo DeCaprio..


37 posted on 08/19/2012 9:58:25 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (Beware the Rip in the Space/Time Continuum)
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To: Jim from C-Town

Tell me, if am I wrong...but isn’t the Da Vinci Code a work of *fiction*? and characterized as such?


38 posted on 08/19/2012 10:02:12 AM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: PJ-Comix

39 posted on 08/19/2012 10:13:28 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: TigersEye

I don’t really know much of the specifics about Da Vinci. I did d/l “The Notebooks of ...[LDV]” from Gutenberg a few months ago, but haven’t gotten around to reading it yet.


40 posted on 08/19/2012 10:31:56 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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