Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist

Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist; Diagram of a Perspectival Projection (recto); Slight Doodles (verso)

Year	1480s
Dimensions	19.3 cm (7.6 in) × 16.2 cm (6.4 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession No.	17.142.1
Identifiers	The Met object ID: 337494
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Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist; Diagram of a Perspectival Projection (recto); Slight Doodles (verso) is a 1480s drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.^[1]

Creation

Da Vinci used a traditional fifteenth-century medium of metalpoint to make the sketch; however, he reinforced the shadows of the drawings with pen and ink for a deeper tonal range.^[1]

Description and interpretation

The sketches depicts the Virgin Mary kneeling before a baby Jesus. As well as baby Jesus alone and perspective experiments.^[1]

These sketches contain thematic similarities to his later painting, the Virgin of the Rocks.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist; Diagram of a Perspectival Projection (recto); Slight Doodles (verso)". Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Major works	The Annunciation The Baptism of Christ ✻ The Madonna of the Carnation Ginevra de' Benci Benois Madonna The Adoration of the Magi Saint Jerome in the Wilderness Madonna Litta ✻ Virgin of the Rocks Portrait of a Musician ✻✻ Lady with an Ermine La Belle Ferronnière The Last Supper Sala delle Asse Portrait of Isabella d'Este The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist Buccleuch Madonna ✻ Salvator Mundi ✻✻ Lansdowne Madonna ✻ The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne Mona Lisa La Scapigliata Saint John the Baptist
Lost works	Medusa Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist The Holy Infants Embracing The Battle of Anghiari Leda and the Swan
Sculptures	Budapest Horse Horse and Rider Sforza Horse (unexecuted)
Works on paper	Study for the Madonna of the Cat Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist Head of a Bear The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian Head of a Woman Vitruvian Man Head of Christ Studies of the Fetus in the Womb Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk
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Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist

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