Virgin and Child, c. 1500. Creator: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519), circle of
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Virgin and Child, c. 1500. Creator: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519), circle of
Virgin and Child, c. 1500. Madonna and Child appear in half-length, seated against a dark wall. The Childs body is covered in shadow as he looks over his shoulder at his mother. This painting was bought by James Jackson Jarves as a Leonardo. The landscape and features of the figures are similar to Leonardos Madonna of the Rocks, and in typical Leonardesque fashion, the figures heads incline slightly to the left. However, Virgin and Child was later attributed to a member of Leonardos circle named Francesco Napolitano (active 1500) because of its resemblance to his Madonna and Child with St. Sebastian and St. John the Baptist in Zurich, Switzerland. Virgin and Child has not been widely accepted as a work of Napolitano, however, the present artist was certainly a member of Leonardos circle. The Sforzesco Castle, the seat of Milans ruling Sforza family, appears in the background. The castles original Torre del Filarete, visible in this painting, was destroyed by lightning in 1521 and later rebuilt by Francesco Sforza. The destruction of the Torre establishes a date of about 1500 for this painting
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