[NYer]

Experts say the six highlighted points indicate this may be a daVinci original (Daily Mail)

[NYer]

A papal bull was found attached to the back of the painting and is believed to have originated from the era of Pope Paul V, head of the Catholic Church in the early 17th century.

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[Jonty30]

Some people have all the luck.

[ClearCase_guy]

Picasso had his “blue period” and apparently da Vinci had his “red circles with numbers” period.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

A daVinci in Scotland?

What on earth is a daVinci doing in Scotland?

(with apologies to Churchill aka Rudolf Hess)

[mnehring]

Interesting symbolism. Usually DaVinci and his contemporaries have the Magdalene holding a cup as a way to distinguish her. In this case, she is holding a flower. It has some similarities (theme wise) to the Virgin on the Rocks by DaVinci. I wonder if it was more to represent St. Mary the Mother versus the Magdalene?

[Ciexyz]

They should search another closet in that farmhouse, they might find a Stradivarius.

[AnAmericanMother]

Workshop of. Or a copy.

No way that is da Vinci himself, unless it's a very, very early work. Or perhaps he painted some of it and left his workshop to finish the rest. The figures of the lamb and St. John the Baptist are clumsy and out of drawing.

Even his preliminary sketches are truer and more proportioned.

[Charles Henrickson]

It’s no Ross.

[livius]

I don’t think it’s by the hand of the master because it has no resemblance to anything else he ever did (in terms of brush strokes, line, etc.).

It may be from his studio, however, because artists maintained a stable of people who either copied or executed their works, that is, translated a sketch into a painting.

It’s still very interesting. The style, to me, looks like a curious combination of modern, looking at the faces of the Virgin and St John, and pre-Renn, looking at the setting combined with the depiction of the Infant.

I think it’s a workshop production, and I believe there may have been a Spanish painter involved, based mainly on the depiction of the Infant.

[Billthedrill]

I looked in my barn but all that was there was a can of fence stain and a note - "do it yerself, you lazy bastidge. Leo"

Some people have all the luck.

[Mamzelle]

Why in the world would they think that this is Mary Magdalen, unless they’ve got a skull full of Da Vinci Code?

[martin_fierro]

[Fiji Hill]

The artist’s last name isn’t “da Vinci,” which refers to his birthplace at Vinci in Tuscany. He should be referred to as Leonardo.