Focus on this artwork and explore the Attribution.
That the painting was regarded in Leonardo's lifetime as his work is suggested by the large number of copies made of it. A popular candidate for authorship is Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio. David Alan Brown argues that Marco d'Oggiono was responsible for the Madonna Litta as its composition is reflected in his later works, whereas it is not in those of Boltraffio. In the major exhibition on Leonardo's first Milanese period held at the National Gallery in London in 2011–12 the painting was attributed to Leonardo, but art historian Martin Kemp has remarked that this was "presumably a condition of the loan".
Kemp said in 2017 that he regarded the painting as a Boltraffio.
Milan Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio Litta Martin Kemp Marco d'Oggiono National Gallery