Leonardo Da Vinci Paintings

Leonardo Da Vinci's Paintings

The Last Supper and Mona Lisa are probably two of his most celebrated works but his other works which include famous frescos and oil paintings, are equally noteworthy.

The Adoration of Magi (1481)

This is an early oil painting on wood of the Master. It was commissioned by the monks of San Donato a Scopeto. It is in the Christian Painting tradition.

The Virgin and Child are illustrated in the foreground and form a triangular shape with the Magi kneeling in adoration. Behind them is a semicircle of accompanying figures, including what may be a self-portrait of the young Leonardo (on the far right). In the background on the left is the ruin of a pagan building, on which workmen can be seen, apparently repairing it. On the right are men on horseback fighting, and a sketch of a rocky landscape.

Virgin of the Rocks

This title is used to describe three separte paintings with the same theme. There are separate accounts over which of the paintings are verifiably Da Vinci's. However the one in the Louvere version is generally accredited to Da Vinci.

The paintings is an illustration of the legend of the meeting between of baby Jesus and John the Baptiston on their way to Egypt. Standard interpretation of the paintings says that, they depict the Madonna in the centre ushering John towards Jesus, who is seated with the angel Uriel.

Da Vinci the painter is a difficult painter to pin down in a few pages. For a more comprehensive understanding of his paintings visit our pages on the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.