DA VINCI'S "MADONNA OF THE ROCKS" AND HIDDEN IMAGES.

MADONNA OF THE ROCKS:  LEONARDO DA VINCI 

  As I've discussed in a previous blog, DA VINCI well known for his mirror style of writing, requiring that you hold his manuscript up in front of a mirror in order to decipher the writing, isn't it logical to wonder if he could have applied this unique ability to a few of his paintings?  The "Madonna of the Rocks" not to be confused with, "Virgin of the Rocks", Louvre Paris.  In the following view I flipped the painting upside down.  Am I alone in what I see?

I've slightly cropped this image which enabled me to show it larger and slightly adjusted lighting.   

Cropped and shown close up.  Does anyone else see what appears to be the partial face of a woman with bright red lips?

Partial face outline in green.

And shown here up right in reverse image with slight lighting enhancement.

Profile of face outlined in green.

Shown close up.  Profile of a woman with red lips, facing left? 

With infant removed.

   As I've stated in earlier posts the view is in the eye of the beholder!  If you do see what I see, the question is;  Did da Vinci intend to hide images within his work?  Or, are these simply quirks?  Could you get the same results with any painting, photo, etc.?  Do a couple of images like this prove of anything?  No!  But with the consistentcy of painting after painting, drawing after drawing and every single work of art even manuscripts of LEONARDO DA VINCI revealing hidden images after hidden images, I say this is no coincidence, nor quirk!  And by the way there are many more images hiding in this painting!  Can you spot them?

   Try placing a mirror at a right angle to your computer screen, which allows distance and different viewing angles.  Anyone who's ever heard much about DA VINCI knows he had a thing about mirrors.

With color removed.

Upside down.  Each new angle reveals new hidden images.

Rotated.

Reverse.  Remember to view from a distance to see the larger illusions of hidden images.

Republished from December 2, 2006 archives.

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[Judy Lynne Cole]

what is your email? I have information I will share with you that will help to validate your research. I am not yet ready to post it to a website.