The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
c. 1503–1519 · Oil on poplar panel · Musée du Louvre, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
- Year
- c. 1503–1519
- Medium
- Oil on poplar panel
- Original size
- 168 × 130 cm
- Collection
- Musée du Louvre, Paris
- Movement
- Renaissance
The Virgin sits on the lap of her mother, Saint Anne, and leans forward to draw back the Christ Child, who has seized a lamb, a sign of his coming Passion; behind them blue mountains fade into mist. Leonardo had worked on the theme for years, including the large drawing known as the Burlington House Cartoon in the National Gallery, London. The panel is often linked to a commission from Louis XII of France after the birth of his daughter in 1499, but it was never delivered, and Leonardo was still working on it, unfinished, when he died in France in 1519. In 2008 a Louvre curator found faint sketches on the back, including a horse's head and half a skull, judged very probably by Leonardo. A cleaning completed in 2012 brightened the colours and led two members of the advisory committee to resign in protest. It hangs in the Louvre.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Saint Anne, the Virgin in blue and the Child with a lamb stacked in a pyramid before misty blue mountains, for a living room, landing or study at 24×36 in natural wood. A cream, stone or pale blue wall; it pairs with Mona Lisa.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Renaissance painting
- Era
- 16th century (c. 1503–1519)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, study or library, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
