The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (Leonardo)

See also: Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
ArtistLeonardo da Vinci
Yearc. 1501–1519
MediumOil on wood
SubjectVirgin and Child with Saint Anne
Dimensions130 cm × 168.4 cm (51 in × 66.3 in)
LocationLouvre, Paris
AccessionINV 776

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (Italian: Sant'Anna, la Vergine e il Bambino con l'agnellino) 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.


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