The Virgin of the Rocks is the name used for two paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, of the same subject, and of a composition which is identical except for several significant details. The version generally considered the prime version, that is the earlier of the two, hangs in The Louvre in Paris and ...
Annunciation is a painting of the Biblical subject, by the Italian Renaissance artists Leonardo da Vinci and Andrea del Verrocchio, and housed in the Uffizi gallery of Florence, Italy. The subject matter is drawn from Luke 1:26-39 and depicts the angel Gabriel, sent by God to announce to a ...
The Madonna of the Yarnwinder is a subject depicted by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was recorded as being at work on one such picture in Florence for Florimond Robertet, a secretary to King Louis XII of France. The subject is known today from several versions of which two, called the Buccleuch ...
Lady with an Ermine is a painting by Leonardo da Vinci. The subject of the portrait is Cecilia Gallerani, and probably was painted at a time when she was the mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, and Leonardo was in the service of the Duke. The painting is one of only four portraits of women ...
St Jerome in the Wilderness is an unfinished painting by Leonardo da Vinci, now in the Vatican Museums, Rome. The painting depicts Saint Jerome during his retreat to the Syrian desert. St Jerome kneels in a rocky landscape, gazing toward a crucifix which can be discerned faintly sketched in at the ...
The Adoration of the Magi is an early painting by Leonardo da Vinci. It has been in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The Virgin Mary and Child are depicted in the foreground and form a triangular shape with the Magi kneeling in adoration. Behind them is a semicircle of accompanying figures, ...
The Madonna of the Carnation is an oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci. It is permanently displayed at the Alte Pinakothek gallery in Munich, Germany after it was in private ownership. The central motif is young Virgin Mary with her naked Baby Jesus on her lap. Mary is seated and wears precious ...
The Madonna Litta is painting of the Madonna nursing the infant Jesus which is generally attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and is displayed in the Hermitage Museum, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The Child's awkward posture, however, led some scholars to attribute parts of the painting to ...
