However, it is far from the only existing version of this painting.
This painting has belonged to the Prado Museum since its foundation in 1819.
This was exacerbated by a repainting the original composition had suffered.
Photo: Leonardo da Vinci viaWikimedia Commons, Public domain (Left); Apprentice of Leonardo da Vinci viaWikimedia Commons, Public domain (Right)
Its fate changed in 2011.
To get it ready, the Prado Museum launched a restoration project.
This revealed that the copyist followed much of da Vinci’s process for making the original piece.
Photo: Leonardo da Vinci viaWikimedia Commons(Public domain)
Image: Apprentice of Leonardo da Vinci viaWikimedia Commons(Public domain)
Photo: Apprentice of Leonardo da Vinci viaWikimedia Commons(Public domain)
Photo: Apprentice of Leonardo da Vinci viaWikimedia Commons(Public domain)
Photo: Apprentice of Leonardo da Vinci viaWikimedia Commons(Public domain)
Photo: Apprentice of Leonardo da Vinci viaWikimedia Commons(Public domain)
