Madonna of the Carnation (1478-80)- This�Renaissance�oil�painting is also known as the�Madonna with Vase,�Madonna with Child�or�Virgin with Flower.�Young�Virgin Mary�seated with�Baby Jesus�on her lap.�Depicted in sumptuous clothes and�jewellery, with her left-hand Mary holds a�carnation�(red, suggesting blood and the�Passion). It is displayed in Munich Gallery, Germany.������� *Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452�1519) was Italian painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. He gained notoriety for his notebooks, in which he produced sketches and notes on a variety of topics, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, painting, and palaeontology, even though his popularity primarily stemmed from his accomplishments as a painter. Only his younger contemporary, Michelangelo, has made a greater impact to following generations of painters than Leonardo, who is widely recognised as a genius and the embodiment of the Renaissance humanist ideal.�