He was live up to the expectations of the monastery which had commissioned him to paint it.
Yes...twice! There are two Virgin of the Rocks paintings by Leonardo.
Leonardo da vinci's first painting was the "Virgin of the Rocks", it was completed in 1480
Leonardo da vinci's first painting was the "Virgin of the Rocks", it was completed in 1480
Probably in 1483.
In Milan, Italy.
Perhaps the painting Virgin of the Rocks in 1483.
It was made circa 1506 and is located in the National Gallery of Art in London.
are you sure it is leonardo? i am not familiar with a statue described as such by leonardo but one statue i think you might be referring to [because of it's popularity] is perhaps micelangelo's pieta try this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%C3%A0_(Michelangelo) Indeed it was called the pieta. You are correct. :)
If you are referring to Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks, it was painted circa 1506 and is housed in the National Gallery of Art in London. Addition: There are two versions, the other one in the Louvre.
Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and Virgin of the Rocks are all representative of Leonardo's great insights and inventions in art. If the Mona Lisa is not his most famous work, then the sketch called, "Etruscan Man" is.
many and many...but the most famous ones being the last supper, mona lisa lady with an ermine, and virgin of the rocks
There are more than one: - Virgin of the Rocks - La belle ferronière - Mona Lisa - Virgin and Child with St Anne - Bacchus - St John the Baptist = six paintings.