To have John the Baptist holding a cross and with/pointing to a lamb ("Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!") is not that unusual among artists. Here, for example, is a painting by Matthias Grünewald:
Even if the painting is not a da Vinci original, it is believed to at least be from the da Vinci school, created by one of the master's pupils during the 16th century.
Right, more Brit newspaper sensationalism!
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08/07/2012 4:21:22 PM PDT by
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([You must help] people in theÂ…feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless)