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This is Leonardo da Vinci's first attempt at producing the Madonna on the Rock
This is Leonardo da Vinci's second attempt at producing the Madonna of the Rock
Note: The paintings differ only in how Leonardo represents the prophet John the Baptist:
- first he has Uriah, the angel of prophecy, point towards John,
- then he changes it so John carries a cross-topped staff.
Nothing else changes. In both cases, John the Baptist is begging a blessing from Christ, who gives it. Dan Brown's versions clearly come from an alternate universe.
More information on the Priory of Sion and Plantard the con man can be found here and here.
More information on Leonardo's paintings can be found in Leonardo's own words here
If you find the man next to Christ in The Last Supper somewhat effeminate, try this on for size. Maybe John the Baptist was also Mary Magdelene? Not really.
The answer is more simple. Young men were visually depicted four centuries ago in a quite different way than they are today. John was the youngest apostle and Leonardo wanted to emphasize that, so he did what every Florentine artist of the day did. He painted the young man without the beard (full strength of manhood) or other strongly masculine characteristics.
Some information on the Q document and related theories can be found here, here and here. Robert Sungenis reports the definitive proof that Q is Quatsch (i.e., rubbish) here.
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