London National Gallery Next 20 06 Leonardo da Vinci - The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist [6 of 20]
Leonardo da Vinci - The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist, 1499–1500, 105 × 42 cm. Leonardo’s cartoon shows the Virgin Mary seated on the knee of her mother, St. Anne, while holding the Christ Child, who is blessing St. John the Baptist. The detail in the darkest shadows and brightest highlights gives the faces a mysterious radiance. The completed oil version in the Louvre in Paris.