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| Keywords: Leonardo da Vinci Benois Madonna.jpg Artwork Creator Leonardo da Vinci Madonna Benois 1478 oil on canvas originally panel Mary and her child are naturally engrossed in their game and their gazes make them appear lifelike to a degree that can be found in no contemporary Italian painting of the Madonna Leonardo achieved this quality by means of nature studies In 1478 he noted that he was working on two Madonnas The Benois Madonna can be dated to that period The painting has in its present condition been overpainted in some places and has lost some of the paint layer The painting was also called the Madonna Benois because of the family who owned it This canvas demonstrates the newly developed method of chiaroscuro - a lighting/shading technique that made the figures appear three dimensional It entered the Hermitage in 1914 Museum Hermitage http //www theartgallery com au/ArtEducation/greatartists/DaVinci/4_Benois_Madonna/index html other versions <gallery> File Madonna benois 01 jpg File Madonna benois 02 jpg File Leonardo da Vinci 026 jpg File Leonardo Madonna Benois JPG File Madonna Benois jpg </gallery> PD-old-100 Madonna Benois | ||||
