Friday, 1 August 2008

Leonardo da Vinci: Saint John The Baptist


This is my favorite painting. It is by Leonardo da Vinci. I don't know where they hang it now in the Louvre Museum in Paris, but it used to be hung right beside the Mona Lisa, so everyone would ignore it.
I think it is the better painting.
Saint John baptized Christ and later had his head cut off for no good reason.
I know he looks like a woman in this painting. That is one of the things I like about it: you can't even tell if it is a man or a woman. It could be anybody.

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