# Design for St Anne [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LEONARDO da Vinci]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Slate pencil on prepared paper, 218 x 164 mm ## Commentary Design for St Anne c. 1501 Slate pencil on prepared paper, 218 x 164 mm Private collection, Geneva Mary is trying to prevent Jesus playing with the lamb, but Anne tells her to let the boy be. Jesus must accept his fate, his death for the salvation of mankind, which is symbolized by the lamb. The drawing was first published by Carlo Pedretti and filled the gap between a contemporary description of a design for St Anne and Leonardo's surviving composition on this theme. Even though the attribution of the drawing to Leonardo is disputed, there is nothing to suggest that it could not have been produced in Leonardo's workshop. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Allegory with wolf and eagle]() - [Anatomical studies \(larynx and leg\)]() - [Anatomical studies of a male shoulder]() - [Anatomical studies of the shoulder]() - [Anatomical studies]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()