Madonna of the Carnation
Leonardo da Vinci · 1475
Why it's great
Mary holds out a red carnation to the baby Jesus, who reaches for it with his chubby hand. Leonardo da Vinci painted it in about 1475 when he was in his twenties, with a pretty landscape through the two windows behind.
Where to see it
📍 Alte Pinakothek, upper floor, gallery IVMaxvorstadt, Germany
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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, inventor and scientist, born in 1452. He painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and filled thousands of notebook pages with drawings of flying machines, anatomy, water and plants. He died in France in 1519.
