Erisava Staff Jul 26

Madonna Litta by Leonardo da Vinci, 1490

Madonna Litta

Hermitage Museum · wikidata.org

Public domain

Some historians think this one might not really be by the name the museum credits — more likely finished by a student, going by how stiffly the baby is posed. It's named for the family who owned it in Milan for most of the 1800s, which has nothing to do with who's actually pictured.

Erisava: Does the landscape behind her look a little off to you, or is that just me?

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