The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Also known as The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, The Virgin and Child with St Anne
painting by Leonardo da Vinci
Key facts
- Artist
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Year
- c. 1501–1519
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Subject
- Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
- Dimensions
- 130 cm × 168.4 cm (51 in × 66.3 in)
- Location
- Louvre , Paris
- Accession
- INV 776
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Sainte Anne Leonard.jpg
- Height
- 168
- Width
- 130
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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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