File:Virgin of the Rocks.jpg

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Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Description	Italian painter, draughtsman, inventor and writer
Date of birth/death	15 April 1452	2 May 1519
Location of birth/death	Vinci near Florence, Tuscany	Clos Lucé, France
Work period	from 1466 until 1519
Work location	Florence (1466–1482), Milan (1483–1499), Mantua (1499), Venice (1500), Florence (1500–1506), Milan (1506–1513), Florence (1507–1508), Rome (1513–1516), Amboise (1513–1518)
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Deutsch: Madonna in der Felsengrotte, Szene: Maria mit Christuskind, Johannes dem Täufer als Kind und einem Engel

Suomi: Luolamadonna

Date

circa from 1483-1486 until

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

198 × 123 cm (78 × 48.4 in)

Current location

( Inventory) Louvre Museum

	Native name	Musée du Louvre
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 37.42″ N, 2° 20′ 15.36″ E
	Established	1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority control	WorldCat

Accession number

INV 777

Source/Photographer

Unknown

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