The virgin and Child with St Anne

Leonardo da VinciThe Virgin and Child with Saint Anne1510Oil on wood168 x 130 cm (5 1/2 x 4 1/2 ft.)Musée du Louvre, Paris

Description

Leonardo must have chosen this unusual theme for symbolic reasons, which have been variously interpreted. Sigmund Freud made out the shape of a vulture in the Virgin's garment, and suggested a psychoanalytical explanation: since as a child Leonardo dreamt that he had been attacked in his cradle by a vulture.Child christ

Virgin marySt anne

Composition

Centre focus

Three layers-the virgin,st anne and christ child

-green ground

-white mountain scape

-perspective in atmosphere-triangular composition-three generations