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  Leonardo da Vinci - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Madonna of the Rocks (1483-86) Louvre, Paris, France
The Madonna of the Rocks aka The Virgin of the Rocks (1508) National Gallery, London, England
Leda and the Swan (1508) Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy
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 Madonna Litta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Madonna Litta is one of the great paintings by Leonardo da Vinci.
This work was painted sometime in the 1480s for the Visconti rulers of Milan and soon passed to the Litta family, in whose possession it would remain for centuries.
In 1865, Alexander II of Russia acquired it from Count Litta, quondam minister to St Petersburg, and deposited the painting in the Hermitage Museum, where it has been exhibited to this day.
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 Leonardo DaVinci
There is little doubt he had a hand in the unsigned Litta Madonna, but it is awkwardly composed and more than likely was completed by his pupil Boltraffio, around 1480-1490.
The tilt of the Madonna's head is typical of Leonardo and there also exists a drawing of this portion of the painting which is definitely by his hand.
Litta Madonna passed from the hands of the Vicontis into the Litta family of Milan and takes its name from them.
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 Lancasters Laughing Place-Previous FrontPage Themes
Madonna and Child (Madonna Litta), by Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519.
The Madonna's sublime, tender gaze as she looks at her son, and the tranquility of the distant mountainous landscape, reflect humanist dreams of Ideal Man and a Harmonious Life.
A preparatory drawing for the Madonna's head is in the Louver, Paris.
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 Pravda.RU:"Madonna Litta" to be exhibited in Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna Litta" will be shown at an exhibition in Italy, official spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Yakovenko told a press conference in RIA Novosti on Friday.
"Leonardo da Vinci's 'Madonna Litta', from the Hermitage collection is to be exhibited in the Quirinal Palace, the Italian President's residence," Yakovenko said.
Artists have repainted the "Madonna Litta" twice - the last time in the 19th century when it was transferred from wood to canvas.
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 Putin & Art - JRL 11-6-03
"Madonna is really looking at the baby as if stressing that he is in the center of the composition.
According to him, "Madonna Litta" has left the Hermitage for the third time since its appearance in the Hermitage in 1865.
But still the exposition of Madonna Litta is a special event," Vladimir Putin said thanking his Italian counterpart for hosting this exposition.
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 Madonna Of The Rocks Painting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Madonna of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci OP6469, Óleo en lienzo, sin marco...
The Virgin of the Rocks or Madonna of the Rocks is a term used to describe...
Brown claims that Leonardo's Madonna of the Rocks painting was scandalous because in it, John the Baptist is...
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 The State Hermitage Museum: Collection Highlights
This Madonna and Child was probably painted in Milan, where the artist moved in 1482.
The painting came to the museum in 1865 from the collection of Count Antonio Litta in Milan.
A preparatory drawing for the Madonna's head is in the Louvre, Paris.
www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/03/hm3_3_1b.html   (98 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bernardino Luini
Probably after this work came the various frescoes done for churches and monasteries at Milan, now to be seen in the Brera, because the religious houses in question have either been closed or destroyed.
One of the most important is the Madonna with St. Anthony and St. Barbara, signed with the Latin signature and dated 1521.
Another scheme of decoration he carried out was that for the Casa Litta, the frescoes from which are now to be seen in the Louvre.
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 leonardo-da-vinci.org
Madonna Benois Di Leonardo Da Vinci a Firenze: Il Capolavoro Dell' Ermitage in Mostra Agli Uffizi.
Cook, T. Leonardo da Vinci, sculptor; an illustrated essay on the Albizzi Madonna, formerly known as the Signa Madonna, carved by Leonardo in 1478, A.L. Humphreys.
Spirals in nature and art : a study of spiral formations based on the manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci, with special reference to the architecture of the open staircase at Blois, in Touraine, now for the first time shown to be from his designs.
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 Hermitage History - The Hermitage - TicketsOfRUSSIA.ru
Count Litta, owner of a family picture gallery in Milan, offered his collection to the Hermitage, sending a list of 44 works for sale and desiring that an agent be sent to Milan to carry on negotiations.
The most valuable of these was a Madonna and Child by Leonardo da Vinci.
The painting was purchased on 12 January 1865 and has since then been called The Madonna Litta.
www.ticketsofrussia.ru /hermitage/05/hm5_1_25.html   (175 words)

  
 Famous painter Leonardo da Vinci
Madonna litta is unquestionably one of the most lovely painting, the world has preserved.
From Venice it reached Litta family in Milan.
The virgin of the rocks, the madonna litta, Lady with an ermine
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Madonna lactans and other pictures of nursing, collected by "romansmomma" from the SCA-Garb mailing list.
Vinci, Leonardo da, Madonna of the Carnation, 1478-1480
Barocci, Federico, Madonna and Child with Saint Joseph and the Infant Baptist (La Madonna del Gatto), 1575
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 Madonna Litta by Leonardo Da Vinci (Med) - Framed by SuperPaintings Ltd from eDirectory.co.uk online shop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Madonna Litta by Leonardo Da Vinci (Med) - Framed for £197.00
Madonna Litta by Leonardo Da Vinci (Med) - Framed.
Leonardo da Vincis “Madonna Litta” painted in 1490 can be found in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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 b_le   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Also unfinished was a grandiose sculptural project that seems to have been the real reason Leonardo was invited to Milan: a monumental equestrian statue in bronze to be erected in honour of Francesco Sforza, the founder of the Sforza dynasty.
Mathematical studies seem to have kept him away from his painting activity much of the time, or so Isabella d'Este, who sought in vain to obtain a painting done by him, was informed by Fra Pietro Nuvolaria, her representative in Florence.
In Milan he did very little as a painter: two Madonnas, which he promised the King of France, were never painted.
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 Leonardo Da Vinci - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ginevra de' Benci (~1475) - National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, U.S. The Benois Madonna (1478-1480) - Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
The Madonna of the Rocks (1483-86) - Louvre, Paris, France
The Madonna of the Rocks or The Virgin of the Rocks (1508) - National Gallery, London, England
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /leonardo_da_vinci.htm   (2823 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:Ciampi thanks Putin for exhibiting Madonna Litta in Rome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for the exposition of Leonrado da Vinci's "Madonna Litta" from the Hermitage collection in Rome.
I am glad for the possibility to host this exhibition," Ciampi said at the opening ceremony.
"Madonna Litta" is exhibited in the Bandieri Hall in a glass case and is enclosed with a red cord to prevent visitors from approaching the painting by less than 50 centimeters.
english.pravda.ru /science/2003/11/05/51044_.html   (214 words)

  
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 Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna and Child (Madonna Litta), hand-painted, reproductions, paintings, old masterpieces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna and Child (Madonna Litta), hand-painted, reproductions, paintings, old masterpieces
"Madonna and Child (Madonna Litta)" was painted by Leonardo da Vinci in Tempera on canvas transferred from panel during the The High Renaissance epoch in 1490-1491.
Notice: All images on this website are watermarked to protect from unauthorized duplication.
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 Pictures, Posters & Canvases - Hand Painted Oil Reproductions - Da Vinci from eDirectory.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Pravda.RU Ciampi thanks Putin for exhibiting Madonna Litta in Rome
Pravda.RU Ciampi thanks Putin for exhibiting Madonna Litta in Rome
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 Madonna Litta Pics and Photos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Madonna Litta - Leonardo da Vinci art print, poster, picture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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