Actually the colors were probably closer to the apprentice but because it's been varnished so many times it gives it a brownish color scheme when in fact da Vinci used bright colors
If anything, we aren't even 100% sure he made the right one either. DaVinci had a lot of apprentices and put his signature an most works they made anyways.
The facial expressions are ever so faintly different. DaVinci's is demure, faint and subtle amusement.
The apprentice's is slightly less subtle, but it's more amused surprise or disbelief.
It was done by an apprentice
The apprentice's is slightly less subtle, but it's more amused surprise or disbelief.