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Leonardo da Vinci: Benois Madonna  wikidata:Q1142058 reasonator:Q1142058
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Leonardo da Vinci  (1452–1519)  wikidata:Q762 s:en:Author:Leonardo da Vinci q:en:Leonardo da Vinci
 
Leonardo da Vinci
Alternative names
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, Leonardo
Description Italian painter, engineer, astronomer, philosopher, anatomist and mathematician
Date of birth/death 15 April 1452 / 1452 Edit this at Wikidata 2 May 1519 / 1519 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Anchiano Amboise
Work period from 1466 until 1519
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1466-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1519-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
Florence (1466–1482), Milan (1483–1499), Mantua (1499), Venice (1500), Florence (1500–1506), Milan (1506–1513), Florence (1507–1508), Rome (1513–1516), Amboise (1513–1518)
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artist QS:P170,Q762
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Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Mary and her child are naturally engrossed in their game, and their gazes make them appear lifelike to a degree that can be found in no contemporary Italian painting of the Madonna. Leonardo achieved this quality by means of nature studies. In 1478, he noted that he was working on two Madonnas. The Benois Madonna can be dated to that period. The painting has in its present condition been overpainted in some places and has lost some of the paint layer.
The painting was also called the Madonna Benois because of the family who owned it. This canvas demonstrates the newly developed method of chiaroscuro - a lighting/shading technique that made the figures appear three dimensional. It entered the Hermitage in 1914.
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Date between 1478 and 1480
date QS:P571,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1478-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
(transferred from panel)
Dimensions height: 49.5 cm (19.4 in); width: 33 cm (12.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,49.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,33U174728
institution QS:P195,Q132783
Current location
The Great (Old) Hermitage, room 214
Accession number
ГЭ-2773
Place of creation Italy Edit this at Wikidata
Object history Entered the Hermitage in 1914; purchased from the M.A. Benois collection
References The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Source/Photographer 1. theartgallery
3. Unknown sourceUnknown source
2./4. Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork
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current13:14, 1 March 2014Thumbnail for version as of 13:14, 1 March 2014807 × 1,265 (142 KB)Denniss (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 12:22, 23 May 2008
01:43, 1 February 2014Thumbnail for version as of 01:43, 1 February 2014500 × 785 (65 KB)Clouzzo (talk | contribs)original colours
12:22, 23 May 2008Thumbnail for version as of 12:22, 23 May 2008807 × 1,265 (142 KB)Andrei Stroe (talk | contribs)==Description== '''English: ''Benois Madonna'' by Leonardo da Vinci''' * Date: circa 1478 * Technique: Oil on canvas (originally panel) * Dimensions: 19.5 × 12.5" (49.5 × 31.8 cm) * Location: Hermitage, St. Petersburg ==Source== http://www.theartg
12:18, 18 December 2004Thumbnail for version as of 12:18, 18 December 2004567 × 948 (111 KB)Fredrik (talk | contribs)

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