louvre version
depicting st anne, her daughter the virgin and the infant jesus. the christ is shown holding with a sacrificial lamb symbolizing his passion as the virgin tries to restrain him. positioning of the virgin and st anne one realizes that the virgin mothes is sitting on st anne's lap.lt is unclear what meaning this could have and what meaning leonardo intended to with that pose. from the painting that st anne signifcantly larger person than mary. this subtle perceptible distortion in size was utilized by leonardo to emphasize the mother daughter relationship between the two women despite the apparent lack of visual cues to the greater age of st anne that would otherwise identify her as the mother. the child is holding a lamb. sigmund freud's psychoanalysis examination of leonardo a memory of his childhood always dreaming to vulture came down to him (he told in his essay) according to freud, the virgin's garment reveals a vulture when viewed sideways.