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LEONARDO da Vinci: Study of St Anne, Mary and the Christ Child

🖼 Study of St Anne, Mary and the Christ Child, 1503-10
Charcoal, pen and ink on paper
100 × 85 cm
Paris, France

Soft charcoal lines capture three figures in tender intimacy, Mary's body curving protectively around the Christ Child as St Anne gazes down. Leonardo's pyramidal composition and sfumato technique demonstrate his mastery of human emotion and spatial harmony, revolutionizing Renaissance figure studies.

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E. H. Gombrich
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