Madonna and Child with a Lamb
Technical Details
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Title
Madonna and Child with a Lamb -
Author
Pittore leonardesco (Fernando Yañez o Fernando Llanos) -
Year
1502 - 5 -
Dimensions
cm 60 x 52 -
Inventory
1162 -
Room
XI
Leonardo was a figure who also fascinated artists from other countries. He worked on the lost Battle of Anghiari in 1505 with a “Ferrando spagnolo”, identified either as Yañez or Llanos who share a similar style. One of the two painted this work in which the Virgin and Christ Child embracing a lamb, symbolising sacrifice, echo Leonardo’s studies for a Madonna of the Cat. If we look closely, we can tell that a cat once stood in the lamb’s place.
