mm. it is perhaps the most mysterious work ever painted by leonardo da vinci so mysterious, in fact, that he painted not one but 2 versions of the work. and then had his pupils make several copies as well. that is perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece in the collection of the louvre and no, it is not the mona lisa. it is the virgin of the rock. the scene is nowhere described in the gospels, an angel and a christ child, presented to mary and the young john the baptist. what does it mean? why did leonardo set this scene in the cave? was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful baby that perhaps we just don t understand today? you can see, i think the impacts of this what is enormous in times all in particular, i think the figure of the budget within it. and what is the meaning of the mysterious under drawing that curator s discovered in the london version of the painting? perhaps the answer lies in a huge mountain range, just north of milan. using leonardo s note bo