Detail from 'The Virgin of the Rocks' (Madonna of the Rocks), one of two versions painted by Leonardo da Vinci, of the same subject, and of a composition which is identical except for several significant details. This is the version in the Louvre in Paris. originally painted on wooden panel, but transferred to canvas. Both paintings show the Madonna and child Jesus with the infant John the Baptist and an angel, in a rocky setting which gives the paintings their usual name.