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The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne by Leonardo da Vinci

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Leonardo da Vinci · 1511

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Artist
Leonardo da Vinci
Date
1511
Location
Department of Paintings of the Louvre
ART MOVEMENTS
Academic artHigh RenaissanceRenaissance
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Leonardo da Vinci

1452–1519 · Republic of Florence

Leonardo da Vinci, the ultimate Renaissance polymath, filled notebooks with observations on everything from anatomy to flight, alongside masterpieces like the 'Mona Lisa'.

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Jacopo Pesaro, Bishop of Paphos, being presented by Pope Alexander VI to Saint Peter Same movement · High Renaissance Jacopo Pesaro, Bishop of Paphos, being presented by Pope Alexander VI to Saint Peter Titian · 1504 · Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp Christ in Limbo Same era · 1490s–1520s Christ in Limbo Hieronymus Bosch · 1510 The Entombment of Christ Same movement · Academic art The Entombment of Christ Caravaggio · 1600 · Pinacoteca Vaticana Saint Jerome in His Study Same era · 1490s–1520s Saint Jerome in His Study Albrecht Dürer · 1521 · National Museum of Ancient Art Head of a Child Same movement · Academic art Head of a Child Jacques-Louis David · 1768 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Sistine Madonna (Madonna di San Sisto) Same era · 1490s–1520s Sistine Madonna (Madonna di San Sisto) Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) · 1512 Joseph-Antoine Moltedo (born 1775) Same movement · Academic art Joseph-Antoine Moltedo (born 1775) Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1805 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea Same era · 1490s–1520s The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea Titian · 1514 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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