Leonardo made three cartoons (full-scale drawings) with different ideas for the composition of his Saint Anne. This work is one of the few preserved testimonies to the second, produced by the master before his departure for Milan in 1508 and very close to the definitive version, although the scene is inverted. Another version of this picture was lost during the Second World War.
Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas (II) Museo de la Trinidad, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1991, pp. 275.
Ruiz Manero, José María, Pintura Italiana del Siglo XVI en España I, Cuadernos de arte e iconografía, Tomo 5 n.9, 1992, pp. 29-31.
Gulli, Claudio, La Vierge à l' Enfant avec sainte Anne, La Sainte Anne de Léonard de Vinci : l'ultime chef d'oeuvre., Officina Libraria, Louvre Éditions, Paris, 2012, pp. 82-86, nº20.
Inv. Museo de la Trinidad, Pintura.
Núm. 899.
899. / Tabla. La virgen, Sta Ana y el Niño jugando con una cierva; figs tamº nat.l y cuerpo entº / Autor / Rectif.do alto 1,30 ancho 0,95/ id.id.id. / Nº 165 / G.P.
Catálogo Museo del Prado, 1872-1907. Núm. 2205.
Catálogo Museo del Prado, 1910. Núm. 505.
Sainte Anne de Léonard de Vinci
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26.03.2012 - 25.06.2012
Room 052C (On Display)
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