LEONARDO DA VINCI 1452-1519

Leonardo da VINCI and workshop Vinci, 1452–Amboise, 1519 The Virgin and Child, known as the Virgin of the Yarnwinder or the Buccleuch Madonna Oil on panel About 1501–1510? (?) Collection of the Duke of Buccleuch, Drumlanrig, on long-term loan to the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh 136 Infrared reflectogram of The Virgin and Child, known as the Virgin of the Yarnwinder or the Lansdowne Madonna Oil on panel transferred to canvas About 1501–1510 (?) Private collection The infrared reflectograms of the two Madonnas show the same compositional changes. Leonardo initially drew a donkey in the right background – an allusion to the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt. On the left was a house with a balcony, in front of which Mary was placing Jesus in a baby walker made by Joseph, and the yarnwinder was placed in a basket of spindles in the foreground. The positions of the Virgin and Child were significantly changed. © Artmyn 2019 | artmyn.com 137