The Virgin and Child with St. Anne

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The virgin and Child with St Anne

Transcript of The Virgin and Child with St. Anne

The virgin and Child with St Anne

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

Description

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

-perspective in atmosphere-triangular composition-three generations