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The Benois Madonna, otherwise known as the Madonna and Child with Flowers, is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. One of two Madonnas begun by Leonardo in October 1478, it was completed c. 1478–1480; the other was the Madonna of the Carnation , now in the Alte Pinakothek ...
Upon first examination the Benois Madonna (also called the Madonna of the Flower), is a gay painting with obvious affection shining from the face of the Madonna's girlish face. Further study shows an aspect of grief and reminder of death hidden within the artwork in the form of a flower of the Cruciferae family depicting a cross.
- It’S Assumed He Started Working on It in The Late 1470s
- Da Vinci Created A Similar Work During This Period as Well
- The Benois Madonna Is A Very Small Artwork
- The Painting Depicts A Typical Scene of Mary and Her Child
- The Madonna Is Holding An Object with A Deeper Meaning
- The Painting’S Composition Was Very Influential in Renaissance Art
- It Was Named After A Russian Architect Who Exhibited It in The Early 1900s
- The Painting Is on Display in A Famous Museum in Russia
Leonardo da Vinci entered the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, a renowned Florentine sculptor, goldsmith, and painter, at the young age of 14, which was around 1466. Here he learned various forms of art which developed his incredible talent. He initially created paintings together with his master, something emphasized by his painting of the angel...
The main reason why we can be pretty sure that da Vinci started working on this paintingin October 1478 is that he actually commented on this. He mentioned that he started working on “two Madonna paintings” this month. The other famous Madonna created during the early years of da Vinci as an independent master is most probably “Madonna of the Carna...
Leonardo da Vinci didn’t become world-famous for his monumental works of art. He painted extremely slowly and most of his works are relatively small, except for what is perhaps his most famous work, the Last Supper at Santa Maria Delle Grazie in Milan(which he ended up completely botching). This painting is extremely small as it has dimensions of j...
Most of da Vinci’s Madonnas feature the Madonna and her child Jesus Christ. This particular painting depicts Mary as a very young woman wearing the typical Florentine clothing of the 15th century. The scene is depicted playfully as the child is focusing on the objects presented to him by his mother. It’s unclear where the scene takes place but it a...
Just like in the Madonna of the Carnation, Mary is holding a flower. Unlike in the other painting, the child reaches for an unknown object instead. It’s assumed that da Vinci used this work to master his technique of sight as the child appears to be guiding his mother’s hand. The unknown object is considered to be a prelude to the crucifixion of Je...
Da Vinci experimented quite a bit with different compositions when it comes to Madonna paintings, but this particular composition turned out to be the most influential one. One of the most famous examples of artists copying this composition is a work called “Madonna of the Pinks” (1506-1507). This has been attributed to equally talented Renaissance...
The painting is known as both the “Benois Madonna” and “Madonna and Child with Flowers.” The first name is a reference to the previous owners of the painting, a Russian architect named Leon Benois (1856-1928). He was a member of the Benois family, a prominent Russian family of French ancestry who designed multiple buildings in Russia and other coun...
The painting was acquired by the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg in 1914. It was identified as a da Vinci painting by the curator of the museum at the time, art historian and painter Ernst Friedrich von Liphart. This means that it has been in the collection of one of the largest art museums in the world since 1914, one of the countless treasur...
In the The Benois Madonna (1478–80) Leonardo succeeded in giving a traditional type of picture a new, unusually charming, and expressive mood by showing the child Jesus reaching, in a sweet and tender manner, for the flower in Mary’s hand.
The painting is known as the Benois Madonna because it is named after the 19th century artist Leon Benois who sold it to the Hermitage in Leningrad, Russia in 1914. There is an element of mystery around this as it resurfaced suddenly after the artwork had disappeared and been unseen for centuries.
Benois Madonna is a 1478 painting by the Italian artist of the High Renaissance Leonardo Da Vinci. This work is located in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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An early portrait by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo’s painting of the Madonna and Child known as the Benois Madonna is one of the artist’s early works. At this stage in his development, Leonardo was still influenced by the teachings and examples of his master Verrocchio.
