Virgin of the Rocks

Leonardo da Vinci

Painted

1483–86

Collection

Musée du Louvre, Paris

Before a cave of jagged rock, the Virgin rests a hand on the infant John the Baptist, who kneels in prayer, while an angel points towards him and the Christ Child raises a hand in blessing. A Milanese confraternity commissioned the altarpiece in 1483 for its chapel; a second version of the same composition hangs in the National Gallery, London. The faces emerge softly from the shadows.

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