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DE Virgin of milk. Leonardo On first day Bulgaria 2000
Suckling Madonna, Madonna breast feeding, of the Milk, Lactans, Madonna Litta, Leonardo da Vinci. Hermitage, San Petersburgo, Europe painting, Michel 4453-4. First day cover.
Dimensions: 115 x 200
The Florentine artist Leonardo de Vinci (1452-1519) painted The Virgin and Child, a tempera painting on canvas (transferred from a panel), 42 x 33 cm, which is in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, around 1490. Acquired in 1865 from the collection of Count Antonio Litta of Milan, hence the name "Madonna Litta" by which it is known. Although some experts dispute its authorship, a preparatory drawing of the Virgin, signed by Leonardo, is kept in the Louvre.
This image has been widely used in philately, and can be found on stamps from many countries.
The Florentine artist Leonardo de Vinci (1452-1519) painted The Virgin and Child, a tempera painting on canvas (transferred from a panel), 42 x 33 cm, which is in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, around 1490. Acquired in 1865 from the collection of Count Antonio Litta of Milan, hence the name "Madonna Litta" by which it is known. Although some experts dispute its authorship, a preparatory drawing of the Virgin, signed by Leonardo, is kept in the Louvre.
This image has been widely used in philately, and can be found on stamps from many countries.