The Virgin And Child With Saint Anne (cartoon)
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne is a Cartoon#Fine art, cartoon said to have been created by Leonardo da Vinci as part of his "Virgin and Child with Saint Anne" project, and now considered lost. It is known from a letter written on April 3, 1501, by Fra Pietro Novellara, Isabella d'Este's envoy to the painter. For this reason, it is sometimes referred to as "Fra Pietro's cartoon". Although still hypothetical, its existence seems to be confirmed by paintings by Raffaello del Brescianino, Raffaello and Andrea del Brescianino that are said to have been made from it, as well as by various pencil studies. The drawing, if it ever existed, features some of the most important figures in Christianity. It is a full-length portrait depicting a group formed by Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary seated on the lap of her mother, Saint Anne, and stretching out her arms towards her son Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, who is riding a lamb at her feet. The drawing evokes the moment when Jesus challenges his ...
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Andrea Del Brescianino
Andrea del Brescianino or Dei Piccinelli was an Italian painter of the Renaissance art, Renaissance period, active mainly in Siena. Together with his brother Raffaello del Brescianino, Raffaello they were known as the Brescianini of Siena. Biography He was the son of a dancing-master at Siena, where he flourished from 1507 to 1525. He was the pupil of a Sienese painter, named Giovanni Battista Giusi, and they together painted an altar-piece, representing the ''Virgin and Child, with Saints'', which is in the Siena Academy. In 1524, he painted the ''Baptism of Christ'' for the baptistery of the Siena Cathedral, cathedral of the same city. In 1525 the brothers went to Florence, and in the same year Andrea, and probably Raffaello also, was registered in the Guild of Saint Luke, Painters' Guild. A ''Holy Family'' by Andrea, who was the better artist of the two, is in the Uffizi Gallery at Florence, and another ''Holy Family'', ascribed to him, is in the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin Gal ...
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