OXIA PALUS "MADONNA" LEONARD DA VINCILeonardo da Vincis Virgin of the Rocks (1495 1508) is currently held in The National Gallery, London. For an artist who notoriously left works unfinished and from whom even fewer survive, this is a rare example of one of his large scale paintings. But hidden beneath is a sketch of an alternative scene of The Virgin and Christ Child in a mysterious rocky landscape. Much debate surrounds the Virgin of the Rocks, and its twin in the Louvre. But it is
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Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Virgin of the Rocks’ (1495-1508) is currently held in The National Gallery, London. For an artist who notoriously left works unfinished and from whom even fewer survive, this is a rare example of one of his large-scale paintings. But hidden beneath is a sketch of an alternative scene of The Virgin and Christ Child in a mysterious rocky landscape. Much debate surrounds the Virgin of the Rocks, and its twin in the Louvre. But it is known that this piece was made as part of a commission, and took many years to finish, in part due to disagreements over costs. The underpainting is believed to be an early composition of the same painting before being redirected by a change in requirement. We focus on the central figure in the underpainting, the Madonna.