Oil Painting Replica Madonna with a Flower (Madonna Benois), 1478 by Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519, Italy) | WahooArt.com

Leonardo Da Vinci (i) - Oil On Canvas (i) - 33 x 49 cm - 1478 - (Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia)) (i) - Early Renaissance (i) Madonna with a Flower (Madonna Benois) could be one of two Madonnas started by Leonardo da Vinci, as he remarked himself, in October 1478. The other one could be Madonna with the Carnation from Munich. It is likely that the Benois Madonna was the first work painted by Leonardo independently from his master Verrocchio. There are two of Leonardo's preliminary sketches for this piece in the British Museum. The composition of Madonna and Child with Flowers proved to be one of Leonardo's most popular. It was extensively copied by young painters, including Raphael, whose own version of Leonardo's design (the Madonna of the Pinks) was acquired in 2004 by the National Gallery, London.