User blog comment:99998888833344/New Da Vinci Painting Revealed -- The Real Truth?/@comment-4141557-20110810020637/@comment-25419730-20110810134631

... Or, bear with me, they could just say Leo painted this before he died after seeing the Apple Ezio already had. You know, it flashed everywhere with symbols and schematics of what eventually became Leonardo's machines? Maybe it also showed an image of Iesum Christum with the Apple in hand.