The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist
Leonardo da Vinci, c1506-1508
The cartoon may have been intended as the design for a picture but it was never pricked for transfer to canvas.
Leonardo repeated the theme of the Virgin and St. Anne with the Holy Children in a cartoon the following year, and then began a picture for Louis XII of France which now hangs in the Louvre and was unfinished at Leonardo's death. Presented by Art Fund following a public campaign.
More information
Title of artwork, date
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist, c1506-1508
Date supported
1962
Medium and material
Charcoal, black & white chalk on tinted paper
Dimensions
141.5 x 104.6 cm
Grant
71,623
Total cost
800,000
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