Litta Madonna
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The Litta Madonna is a renowned High Renaissance painting of the Virgin Mary nursing the Christ Child, traditionally attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and housed in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Litta Madonna canonical | 3 |
| Marian statue of Our Lady nursing the Child Jesus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6769313 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Litta Madonna Context triple: [Litta family, hasNotableAssociatedWork, Litta Madonna]
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A.
Lucca Madonna
Lucca Madonna is a small 15th-century oil painting by Jan van Eyck depicting the Virgin Mary enthroned with the Christ Child in a richly detailed domestic interior.
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B.
Benois Madonna
The Benois Madonna is an early Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary playfully interacting with the Christ Child, notable for its intimate composition and expressive realism.
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C.
Alba Madonna
The Alba Madonna is a renowned early 16th-century circular painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and the infant John the Baptist, celebrated as a masterpiece of High Renaissance art.
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D.
Madonna del Parto
Madonna del Parto is a renowned 15th-century fresco by Piero della Francesca depicting a solemn, pregnant Virgin Mary, celebrated as a masterpiece of early Renaissance art.
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E.
Ognissanti Madonna
The Ognissanti Madonna is a large early 14th-century altarpiece by Giotto that marks a key step toward naturalism in Italian Renaissance painting, depicting the Virgin and Child enthroned and surrounded by angels and saints.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Litta Madonna Target entity description: The Litta Madonna is a renowned High Renaissance painting of the Virgin Mary nursing the Christ Child, traditionally attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and housed in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.
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A.
Lucca Madonna
Lucca Madonna is a small 15th-century oil painting by Jan van Eyck depicting the Virgin Mary enthroned with the Christ Child in a richly detailed domestic interior.
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B.
Benois Madonna
The Benois Madonna is an early Renaissance painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting the Virgin Mary playfully interacting with the Christ Child, notable for its intimate composition and expressive realism.
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C.
Alba Madonna
The Alba Madonna is a renowned early 16th-century circular painting by Raphael depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and the infant John the Baptist, celebrated as a masterpiece of High Renaissance art.
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D.
Madonna del Parto
Madonna del Parto is a renowned 15th-century fresco by Piero della Francesca depicting a solemn, pregnant Virgin Mary, celebrated as a masterpiece of early Renaissance art.
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E.
Ognissanti Madonna
The Ognissanti Madonna is a large early 14th-century altarpiece by Giotto that marks a key step toward naturalism in Italian Renaissance painting, depicting the Virgin and Child enthroned and surrounded by angels and saints.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
High Renaissance painting
ⓘ
painting ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
State Hermitage Museum
ⓘ
linked to:
Hermitage Museum
|
| acquisitionDate | 19th century ⓘ |
| acquisitionMethod | purchase ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Madonna Litta ⓘ |
| collection |
State Hermitage Museum
ⓘ
linked to:
Hermitage Museum
|
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| creatorSchool |
Leonardo da Vinci workshop
ⓘ
linked to:
Leonardo’s workshop
|
| culturalContext | Italian Renaissance ⓘ |
| currentSupport | canvas ⓘ |
| depicts |
Christ Child
ⓘ
linked to:
Child Jesus
Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | maternal care of the Virgin ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | State Hermitage Museum permanent exhibition ⓘ |
| features |
arched windows
ⓘ
breastfeeding motif ⓘ landscape background ⓘ pyramidal composition ⓘ |
| genre | religious painting ⓘ |
| iconographicTheme | Virgin nursing the Child ⓘ |
| iconographyType |
Maria lactans
ⓘ
linked to:
Madonna lactans
|
| inception | circa 1490 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Leonardo da Vinci’s Milan period ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| location |
Saint Petersburg
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Petersburg Federal City
|
| materialUsed |
oil paint
ⓘ
tempera ⓘ |
| movement | High Renaissance ⓘ |
| museumDepartment | Italian Renaissance art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial attribution
ⓘ
subtle chiaroscuro ⓘ tender interaction between mother and child ⓘ |
| originalSupport | wood panel ⓘ |
| partOf | Leonardo da Vinci attributed works corpus ⓘ |
| period | late 15th century ⓘ |
| possibleAttribution |
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio
ⓘ
Marco d’Oggiono ⓘ |
| provenance | Litta family collection, Milan ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| style | Leonardesque ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | Madonna and Child ⓘ |
| support | panel ⓘ |
| title | Litta Madonna ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution | Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ |
| transferHistory | transferred from panel to canvas ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Litta Madonna