So Leonardo being willing to please
Rodrigo Borgia, the Pope in authority at
the time also the father of Cesare Borgia,
he compelled all this talent to make the
image resemble his son Cesare Borgia in
the best way possible.
Question: What else is written?
Wisdom of Solomon 14:20 - And so the
multitude, allured by the grace of the
work, took him now for a god, which a
little before was but honoured.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:21 - And this
was an occasion to deceive the world: for
men, serving either calamity or tyranny,
did ascribe unto stones and stocks the
incommunicable name.
FYI: So after impressing him, the
multitude of people were drawn by the
elegance and beauty of this image, and
accepted it and took it to be their God,
which beforehand wasn't revered by all
as a God.