The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci

Home Page | Birth Place | Professional Life | Personal Life | Science Life | Art Style | Apprenticeship | First Works | Family Tree | Death in Amboise | Quotes | Paintings List

The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist, sometimes called The Burlington House Cartoon, is a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, believed to have been executed c.1499-1500. The drawing is in charcoal and black and white chalk, on eight sheets of paper glued together. Because of its large size and format the drawing is presumed to be a cartoon for a painting. No painting by Leonardo exists that is based directly on this cartoon.

The drawing depicts the Virgin Mary seated on the knees of her mother St Anne and holding the Child Jesus while St. John the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus, stands to the left. It currently hangs in the National Gallery in London.