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

Date: 1483

## The fact

On 25 April 1483 the Milan Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception commissioned Leonardo for the Virgin of the Rocks. Later two panels exist. The contract is this instrument. 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. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver edu-[digital-learning-access](/drivers/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.

## Evidence and sources

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

Official or archival record: Louvre — Virgin of the Rocks neighbourhood as public carrier (https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/the-mona-lisa; Musée du Louvre).

## Significance

Improving path from The Virgin of the Rocks is commissioned by the Milan Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception on 1483-04-25. A dated altarpiece contract is an education-and-cult path. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

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

## What is established and what is not

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.

The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. 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. Do not split Louvre and London into two lifetime Facts of one 1483 contract. 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.

## People

- Leonardo da Vinci: https://factrail.ai/people/leonardo-da-vinci

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
- https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/the-mona-lisa

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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