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New Leonardo picture discovered
BBC News ^ | Friday, 1 July, 2005

Posted on 07/01/2005 6:11:32 AM PDT by new cruelty

A new picture by Leonardo da Vinci has been discovered, the National Gallery in London has said. It said experts using infra-red techniques found a drawing under the surface of the Virgin of the Rocks painting which hangs at the gallery.

It believes the drawing shows a woman kneeling with one arm stretched out.

Experts believe the Italian Renaissance painter was planning a picture of an adoration of the child Christ but abandoned the idea.

Leonardo was commissioned to paint the Virgin of the Rocks to decorate an altarpiece in a chapel in Milan in 1483.

The artist appears to have painted two versions.

One, which now hangs in the Louvre, was probably sold to a private client, says BBC arts correspondent Rebecca Jones.

Experts think Leonardo da Vinci was probably planning a picture of an adoration of the Christ child

The BBC's Rebecca Jones

The other, which hangs in the National Gallery, was placed in the chapel in 1508.

It is under this painting that experts believe they have found a drawing of a kneeling woman.

She is pictured with her eyes downcast and one of her hands stretched out.

Experts think Leonardo da Vinci was probably planning a picture of an adoration of the Christ child, but abandoned the idea before drawing Jesus as a baby, our correspondent says.

However, why he painted over the work may never be known, she adds.

Milan arrival

The Virgin of the Rocks was the first painting executed by Leonardo after his arrival in Milan.

Critics have argued over exactly what the painting depicts.

Some claim it shows the Immaculate Conception, while others believe it recalls the moment when the infant Christ met St John the Baptist.

Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa, considered to be among the world's most famous paintings.

His other masterpieces include the Last Supper and Adoration of the Magi.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: art; davinci
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1 posted on 07/01/2005 6:11:32 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: new cruelty
All of this means, of course, that Jesus died an old man in South France, Mary Magdalene is really the savior of the world, womyn are the bearers of True Wisdom, and white male christians are the devil.

If these connections are not apparent to you, you just need to have lunch with Dan Browne. We'll get that scheduled as soon as he returns from counting his money in a large Swiss bank vault.

2 posted on 07/01/2005 6:17:28 AM PDT by Taliesan (The power of the State to do good is the power of the State to do evil.)
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To: new cruelty
And they found this one under the Mona Lisa!


3 posted on 07/01/2005 6:20:01 AM PDT by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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4 posted on 07/01/2005 6:21:40 AM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: new cruelty
Isn't this the work mentioned in Code, where the heroine threatens to run her knee through it? IIRC this painting was done on wood, not canvas, and would be tough to cut with a knee bone...Oh well. Not the biggest booboo in Code, is it?
5 posted on 07/01/2005 6:22:49 AM PDT by Graymatter
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To: new cruelty
Another Leonardo pic:

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6 posted on 07/01/2005 6:24:17 AM PDT by Horatio Gates (Peas through superior fertilizer!)
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To: Coop
My favorite Leonardo picture...


7 posted on 07/01/2005 6:24:53 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (www.kaineisnotable.com)
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To: Coop

What happened to Leo?


8 posted on 07/01/2005 6:25:44 AM PDT by mystery-ak (*Im sorry if my words offended anyone*.......Dickism)
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To: Taliesan
DaVinci was truly a genius.
Few people know that he was the first artist
to render the Virgin Mary in mozarella and pepperoni.
9 posted on 07/01/2005 6:26:54 AM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: new cruelty

>>>"Why he painted over the work may never be known">>>>

I can tell you why he painted over it right now. A shortage of canvasses, he really didn't like the way it was turning out and he had a sale for another painting. I do that all the time myself. Not everything you start gets finished.


10 posted on 07/01/2005 6:33:50 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: new cruelty
I love it how so many idiots are ready to accept the work of a painter,1400 years AFTER Christs death as gospel. shows just how much influence Satan really has. Nothing would please the Islamofascist more than to have the Christian faith undermined.

I'll stick with the Bible thank You.

11 posted on 07/01/2005 6:34:44 AM PDT by marty60
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To: new cruelty

After "The Beach" who would want to discover another one?


12 posted on 07/01/2005 6:34:53 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: William Creel

Why?


14 posted on 07/01/2005 6:40:26 AM PDT by marty60
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To: William Creel

I'm referring to the whole DaVinci BS. Not the painting as such. Sometimes a painting is JUST a painting.


16 posted on 07/01/2005 6:43:56 AM PDT by marty60
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To: mystery-ak
What happened to Leo?

He grazed one of the Titanic's screws while doing an underwater scene.

17 posted on 07/01/2005 6:46:23 AM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: marty60

How is the drawing beneath the painting undermining your Christian faith?


18 posted on 07/01/2005 6:46:45 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: new cruelty

It doesn't. But many are so superficial they actually can't see past the latest fade.


19 posted on 07/01/2005 6:50:21 AM PDT by marty60
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To: marty60

Aside from a fiction book recently published, what has DiVinci done to qualify for this?

As I understand it, interest in him relates to his obvious mechanical genius and artistic talent.


20 posted on 07/01/2005 7:11:03 AM PDT by WoofDog123
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