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The Virgin of the Rocks is commissioned by the Milan Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception

On 25 April 1483 the Milan Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception commissioned Leonardo for the Virgin of the Rocks. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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On 25 April 1483 the Milan Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception commissioned Leonardo for the Virgin of the Rocks. Later two panels exist. Leonardo da Vinci's documented role is: He contracted for the altarpiece. The confraternity paid; a later London version is a second object, not this contract date.

Context

Litigation over delivery followed. Sharing the commission with the confraternity and with de Predis brothers is required. The setting of The Virgin of the Rocks is commissioned by the Milan Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception is the public file around 1483-04-25. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Why it matters

Improving path from The Virgin of the Rocks is commissioned by the Milan Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception on 1483-04-25. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Leonardo da Vinci

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.44 · verified

    He contracted for the altarpiece. The confraternity paid; a later London version is a second object, not this contract date.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.National Gallery — Virgin of the Rocks as later second version carrierThe National Gallery, London · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Louvre — Virgin of the Rocks neighbourhood as public carrierMusée du Louvre · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Louvre — Virgin of the Rocks neighbourhood as public carrier at https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/the-mona-lisa (opens in a new tab) (Musée du Louvre). Independent locator: National Gallery — Virgin of the Rocks as later second version carrier at https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ (opens in a new tab) (The National Gallery, London). Official carrier: Louvre — Virgin of the Rocks neighbourhood as public carrier (https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/the-mona-lisa (opens in a new tab); Musée du Louvre). Independent carrier: National Gallery — Virgin of the Rocks as later second version carrier (https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ (opens in a new tab); The National Gallery, London).

Established: a sourced public record of The Virgin of the Rocks is commissioned by the Milan Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception under 1483-04-25 for Leonardo da Vinci. Established: a sourced public record of The Virgin of the Rocks is commissioned by the Milan Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception under 1483-04-25.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of The Virgin of the Rocks is commissioned by the Milan Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of The Virgin of the Rocks is commissioned by the Milan Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception. Naming Leonardo da Vinci does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1483-04-25 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorLeonardo da Vinci
  2. contributed toFactThe Virgin of the Rocks is commissioned by the Milan Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). The Virgin of the Rocks is commissioned by the Milan Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ldv-virgin-rocks-1483

https://factrail.ai/facts/ldv-virgin-rocks-1483

Accessed 16 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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