File:Leonardo da Vinci Virgin of the Rocks (National Gallery London).jpg

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Summary[edit]

Artist



Alternative names	Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Description	Italian painter, draughtsman, inventor and writer
Date of birth/death	15 April 1452	2 May 1519
Location of birth/death	Vinci near Florence, Tuscany	Clos Lucé, France
Work period	from 1466 until 1519
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)
Authority control	VIAF: 24604287 LCCN: n79034525 GND: 118640445 SELIBR: 207435 BnF: cb11912491s SUDOC: 085975915 ULAN: 500010879 ISNI: 000000012124423X WorldCat WP-Person

Title

Virgin of the Rocks

Description

English: The Virgin with the Infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the Christ Child accompanied by an Angel. In this second version Mary and Jesus are depicted with a halo and John the Baptist with the cross

Date

between circa 1491 and circa 1499 and from 1506 until 1508

Medium

oil on poplar wood (cradled panel)

Dimensions

189.5 × 120 cm (74.6 × 47.2 in)

Current location

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 30.96″ N, 0° 07′ 41.88″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority control	VIAF: 133598344 LCCN: n80081622 GND: 1003322-1 ULAN: 500125190 WorldCat

room 57

Accession number

NG1093

Object history

Bought, 1880

Notes

commissioned in 1480 as central panel for a triptych by the Milanese Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception for the altarpiece of their oratory in San Francesco. This version is the second version finally accepted by the confraternity replacing the first rejected version now in the Louvre, Paris

References

National Gallery, London

Source/Photographer

1. The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

2./3. National Gallery, London

Other versions

English: first originally rejected version at the Louvre Museum: Leonardo Da Vinci - Vergine delle Rocce (Louvre).jpg

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current	22:36, 20 July 2014	2,692 × 4,150 (1.42 MB)	Oursana	Reverted to version as of 22:31, 20 July 2014 by mistake
	22:34, 20 July 2014	2,692 × 4,150 (1.42 MB)	Oursana	Reverted to version as of 08:08, 25 May 2011 Reverted to version as of 22:01, 29 April 2014, same pixels ! =highest resolution and best size
	22:31, 20 July 2014	2,692 × 4,150 (1.42 MB)	Oursana	Reverted to version as of 22:01, 29 April 2014, same pixels ! =highest resolution and best size
	21:37, 29 June 2014	2,692 × 4,150 (3.01 MB)	Coat of Many Colours	Reverted to version as of 05:51, 25 December 2010 (restoring original National gallery version - please make separate files any processed versions per Commons policy)s0
	22:01, 29 April 2014	2,692 × 4,150 (1.42 MB)	Trzęsacz	Reverted to version as of 08:08, 25 May 2011
	10:14, 29 April 2014	2,692 × 4,150 (2.28 MB)	Arts639	Black background, higher res.
	08:08, 25 May 2011	2,692 × 4,150 (1.42 MB)	Mathiasrex	new version
	05:51, 25 December 2010	2,692 × 4,150 (3.01 MB)	Vitorhetor	Its a bigger resolution picture
	19:33, 19 May 2005	1,576 × 2,534 (247 KB)	File Upload Bot (Eloquence)	{{Painting\| \|Title=<br /> ''de:'' Madonna in der Felsengrotte \|Technique=<br /> ''de:'' Öl auf Holz \|Dimensions=<br /> ''de:'' 189,5 × 120 cm \|Location=<br /> ''de:'' London \|Country=<br /> ''de:'' Italien \|Gallery=<br /> ''de:'' Natio