The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Leonardo da Vinci · 16th century
The story
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne is an unfinished oil painting by High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1501–1519. It depicts Saint Anne, her daughter the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. Christ is shown grasping a sacrificial lamb symbolizing his Passion. The painting was commissioned as the high altarpiece for the Church of Santissima Annunziata in Florence and its theme had long preoccupied Leonardo.
- Artist
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Date
- 16th century
- Collection
- Louvre, Paris, France
- Movement
- Florentine Renaissance art, High Renaissance
- Medium
- oil paint, poplar panel
- Size
- 168 × 130 cm
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