Louvre - Virgin of the Rock Painting

The Louvre holds many of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings and works including the Mona Lisa, the Virtuvian Man, and many others. This museum also contains the original Virgin of the Rocks painting.  The version of the painting in the Louvre was originally held in the chapel of the San Francesco Grande in Milan.  Throughout the years this painting has withstood some damage, but there was a decision made to keep the painting in the Louvre to it's original glory, wheras the second painting, now held in the National Gallery Museum in London, was restored. 

Works Cited:

“Leonardo Da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks.” ItalianRenaissance.org, www.italianrenaissance.org/leonardo-da-vincis-virgin-of-the-rocks/.

“Work The Virgin of the Rocks.” The Virgin of the Rocks | Louvre Museum | Paris, www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/virgin-rocks.

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Latitude: 48.860611100000
Longitude: 2.337644000000

Timeline of Events Associated with Louvre - Virgin of the Rock Painting

Date Event Manage
1483 to 1484

The Virgin of the Rocks Paintings

In 1483, the painting The Virgin of the Rocks was comissioned by the San Francesco Grande in Milan by a roup of religious followers devted to the Immaculate Conception.  This group commissioned this painting to be on wooden panel so that it could eventually be placed inside of a larger piece of artwork on the altar of this church.  A few years after this painting was created, Leonardo created a second version which was restored around 2010 and is in the National Gallery in London whereas the original is unrestored in the Louvre.  The two paintings actually have several differences between the two of them inluding coloring differences, a halo over one of the Virgin Marys and not the other, and a couple of others. 

Works Cited:

By Leonardo da Vinci - gallerix.ru, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32430178

“Leonardo Da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks.” ItalianRenaissance.org, www.italianrenaissance.org/leonardo-da-vincis-virgin-of-the-rocks/.

“The Virgin of the Rocks.” Italian Renaissance Art.com, www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Virgin-of-the-Rocks.html.

“Leonardo Da Vinci: The Virgin of the Rocks: NG1093: National Gallery, London.” The National Gallery, www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/leonardo-da-vinci-the-virgin-of-the....