The Virgin and Child with St. Anne
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Leonardo da VinciThe Virgin and Child with Saint Anne1510Oil on wood168 x 130 cm (5 1/2 x 4 1/2 ft.)Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Leonardo must have chosen this unusual theme for symbolic reasons, which have been variously interpreted. Sigmund Freud made out the shape of a vulture in the Virgin's garment, and suggested a psychoanalytical explanation: since as a child Leonardo dreamt that he had been attacked in his cradle by a vulture.Child christ
Virgin marySt anne
Composition
Centre focus
Three layers-the virgin,st anne and christ child
-green ground
-white mountain scape