This line from a Slate piece on a documentary that aired on ABC about the Da Vinci Code simply cracked me up:
If Da Vinci thought John looked like a girly man, that's one thing. But a girlish-looking figure in a painting isn't proof that Mary was present at the Last Supper, let alone that Jesus and Mary were married. (And, by the way, if Mary was sitting in John's seat at the Last Supper, where was John?)
If I recall correctly from my undergrad humanities classes, scholars have long remarked that Da Vinci's John the Baptist looks like the twin brother of the Mona Lisa.
Posted by: Matthew Stinson at November 4, 2024 03:35 PM