older than Mary. 2011 cleaning controversy On 7 October 2011 , a Paris art publication, reported that the restoration posed more danger to the painting than was previously expected. In late December 2011 and early January 2012 reports emerged that Ségolène Bergeon Langle, the former director of conservation for the Louvre and France's national museums, and Jean-Pierre Cuzin, the former director of paintings at the Louvre, both of the advisory committee supervising the painting's restoration, had resigned over a painting cleaning controversy, with critics claiming that the painting has been damaged by being cleaned so it became brighter than the artist ever intended. Other experts spoke out in favour of the cleaning treatment. See also Virgin and Child with Saint Anne – type of iconography The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist Notes References Sources External links Freud, The Writer of Leonardo Paintings by Leonardo da Vinci Paintings of the Madonna and Child by Leonardo da Vinci 1503 paintings Paintings in the Louvre by Italian artists Sheep in art Altarpieces Paintings of Saint Anne Unfinished paintings Nude art