# Madonna and Child with the Lamb of God [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CESARE da Sesto]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on panel, 37 x 30 cm ## Commentary Madonna and Child with the Lamb of God c. 1515 Oil on panel, 37 x 30 cm Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan This painting is a variant of Leonardo's <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/l/leonardo/04/4stanne.html'\)" HREF="/html/l/leonardo/04/4stanne.html">Virgin and Child with St Anne</A> in the Louvre. Cesare completely recomposed the landscape, transforming it in an appealing, fairy-tale way, far removed from the disquieting barrenness of Leonardo's version. Cesare da Sesto's version, which turns the group of figures into a Madonna of Humility through the omission of St Anne's figure, seems to be based on Leonardo's definitive, painted version, as the ample folds of the drapery around the Virgin's waist attest. In the painting Cesare created a synthesis by melding Leonardo's compositional solutions and Raphael's Roman style. ## Related artworks - [Holy Family with St Catherine]() - [Leda and the Swan]() - [Madonna and Child]() - [Seated Bull]() - [St Jerome]() - [Studies of Feet]() - [Study of a Bull]() - [Study of a Tree]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()