like ▁bird ▁of ▁pre y , ▁common ▁in ▁the ▁V inci ▁area , ▁which ▁is ▁occasionally ▁a ▁sc aven ger . ▁This ▁disappoint ed ▁Fre ud ▁because , ▁as ▁he ▁conf essed ▁to ▁Lou ▁Andreas - S alom é ▁in ▁a ▁letter ▁of ▁ 9 ▁February ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁he ▁regarded ▁the ▁Leon ardo ▁ess ay ▁as ▁" the ▁only ▁beautiful ▁thing ▁I ▁have ▁ever ▁written ". ▁The ▁psych ologist ▁Er ich ▁Ne umann , ▁writing ▁in ▁Art ▁and ▁the ▁Creative ▁Un cons cious , ▁attempted ▁to ▁repair ▁the ▁theory ▁by ▁incorpor ating ▁the ▁k ite . ▁ ▁Inter pret ation ▁of ▁The ▁Virgin ▁and ▁Child ▁with ▁St . ▁Anne ▁Another ▁theory ▁proposed ▁by ▁Fre ud ▁attempts ▁to ▁explain ▁Leon ardo ' s ▁fond ness ▁of ▁dep ict ing ▁the ▁Virgin ▁Mary ▁with ▁St . ▁Anne ▁in ▁the ▁picture ▁The ▁Virgin ▁and ▁Child ▁with ▁St . ▁Anne . ▁Leon ardo , ▁who ▁was ▁il leg it imate , ▁was ▁raised ▁by ▁his ▁blood ▁mother ▁initially ▁before ▁being ▁" ado pt ed " ▁by ▁the ▁wife ▁of ▁his ▁father ▁Ser ▁Pier o . ▁The ▁idea ▁of ▁dep ict ing ▁the ▁Mother ▁of ▁God ▁with ▁her ▁own ▁mother ▁was ▁therefore ▁particularly ▁close ▁to ▁Leon ardo ' s ▁heart , ▁because ▁he , ▁in ▁a ▁sense , ▁had ▁' two ▁moth ers ' ▁himself . ▁It ▁is ▁worth ▁not ing ▁that ▁in ▁both ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁composition ▁( the ▁Lou vre ▁painting ▁and ▁the ▁London ▁cart oon ) ▁it ▁is ▁hard ▁to ▁disc