The Benois Madonna | |
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Artist | Leonardo da Vinci |
Year | c. 1478–1480 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 49.5 cm × 33 cm (19.5 in × 13 in) |
Location | Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg |
The Benois Madonna, otherwise known as the Madonna and Child with Flowers, is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. One of two Madonnas begun by Leonardo in October 1478, it was completed c. 1478–1480; the other was the Madonna of the Carnation, now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.