The Benois Madonna, also called Madonna and Child with Flowers, is an oil on canvas painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, made around 1478 to 1480. It shows the Virgin Mary seated with the infant Christ on her lap, both reaching toward a small cruciform flowering sprig she holds out to him, a detail read as an allusion to the crucifixion. Measuring about 49.5 by 33 centimetres, it is thought to be among the first independent paintings by Leonardo after he left the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, and it influenced later Renaissance treatments of the same subject, including work by Raphael. It has been held in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg since the early twentieth century. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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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, Munich.
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The Benois Madonna, also called Madonna and Child with Flowers, is an oil on canvas painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, made around 1478 to 1480.
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