Madonna of the Carnation

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Renaissance painting painting religious painting

Madonna of the Carnation is an early Renaissance oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary tenderly holding the Christ Child, who reaches for a symbolic red carnation.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Madonna of the Carnation canonical 2
Madonna with a Flower 2
Madonna mit der Nelke 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Madonna of the Carnation ⓘ
surface form: Madonna with a Flower

Madonna of the Carnation ⓘ
surface form: Madonna with the Carnation
artForm easel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod Quattrocento ⓘ
surface form: High Quattrocento
collection Alte Pinakothek collection ⓘ
colorPalette warm tones with strong contrasts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
currentOwner Bavarian State Painting Collections ⓘ
depictionStyle sfumato ⓘ
depicts Child Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Christ Child

Virgin Mary ⓘ
red carnation ⓘ
depictsGesture Christ Child reaching for a carnation ⓘ
Virgin Mary tenderly holding the Child ⓘ
depictsObject landscape background ⓘ
window opening in the background ⓘ
genre Christian art ⓘ
iconographicType seated Madonna ⓘ
iconography Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child ⓘ
inception circa 1478 ⓘ
influencedBy Andrea del Verrocchio ⓘ
locatedIn Germany ⓘ
Munich ⓘ
location Alte Pinakothek, Munich ⓘ
surface form: Alte Pinakothek
material oil paint ⓘ
wood ⓘ
medium oil on panel ⓘ
movement Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Early Renaissance
notableFor early use of Leonardo’s characteristic sfumato ⓘ
intimate interaction between Mary and the Child ⓘ
originalTitle Madonna of the Carnation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Madonna mit der Nelke
painter Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
periodInArtistCareer early work of Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
school Florentine school ⓘ
style Italian Renaissance style ⓘ
subject Madonna and Child ⓘ
support wood panel ⓘ
symbolism red carnation as symbol of Christ’s Passion ⓘ
theme mother and child ⓘ
title Madonna of the Carnation self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leonardo da Vinci → notableWork → Madonna of the Carnation ⓘ
Madonna of the Carnation → title → Madonna of the Carnation self-link ⓘ
Madonna of the Carnation → originalTitle → Madonna of the Carnation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madonna mit der Nelke
Madonna of the Carnation → alsoKnownAs → Madonna of the Carnation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madonna with the Carnation
Madonna of the Carnation → alsoKnownAs → Madonna of the Carnation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madonna with a Flower
Benois Madonna → alsoKnownAs → Madonna of the Carnation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madonna with a Flower