Madonna Litta by Leonardo da Vinci - Poster

This painting is on display in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. It shows the Virgin Mary nursing Baby Jesus. Mary looks dignified while breastfeeding. She has her eyelids lowered while looking at Jesus. She wears a bright red dress and a light blue mantle with orange-copper borders. She wears a transparent veil on her head, and the veil continues under her mantle to her right and left hand. Jesus has curly hair and looks a healthy chubby baby. He looks similar, though a bit younger, to Baby Jesus in Leonardo da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks in the National Gallery. Jesus greedily sucks the breast of his mother, while looking around to make sure he misses nothing that is going on in his surroundings. With his right hand he holds Mary’s breast, and in his left hand, he holds a goldfinch. In the background are two symmetrical arched windows through which we can see a mountain landscape and a blue sky with clouds. More detailed information about this painting can be found at https://www.tripimprover.com/blog/madonna-litta-by-leonardo-da-vinci.