Home›Works›Creator›Leonardo da VinciArtistLeonardo da VinciAlso Known As Leonardo di ser Piero da VinciPaintersDocumented History and SocietyVerifiedLeonardo da Vinci (1452 to 1519) was a Florentine painter, draftsman, and polymath whose surviving body of painted work, though small, includes two of the most recognized images in Western art, the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Trained in Florence in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, he later worked for patrons including Ludovico Sforza in Milan and, in his final years, the French king Francis I. Leonardo's paintings are distinguished by sfumato, a technique of soft, smoky transitions between light and shadow that avoids hard outlines, and by an unusually close study of anatomy, geometry, and the natural world, recorded across thousands of pages of notebooks that range from engineering sketches to botanical and hydraulic studies. He completed relatively few paintings, partly from perfectionism and partly from the breadth of his other interests, and several major projects, including a planned equestrian monument in Milan, were never finished. Leonardo is widely regarded as the paradigmatic example of the Renaissance ideal of the universal man, equally engaged with art and with the investigation of the natural world.FactsLeonardo da VinciFAQsConnectionsIn the Other AtlasesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsBirth YearWell-attested1452 1Death YearWell-attested1519 1NationalityWell-attestedFlorentine (Italian) 1Birth DateWell-attested1452-04-15 2Death DateWell-attested1519-05-02 2BirthplaceWell-attestedVinci, Republic of Florence 2Death PlaceWell-attestedClos Luce, Amboise, France 2Active From YearWell-attested1470 2Conventionally dated from his apprenticeship in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio to his death.Active To YearWell-attested1519 2TrainingWell-attestedTrained in the Florence workshop of the sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio. 2ClassificationGenderWell-attestedMale 1Leonardo da VinciFilter Results18 entriesSubject MatterAllAnatomical and Proportion Studies (2)Baroque and Later Christian Scenes (1)Christian Religious Scenes (5)Greco-Roman Mythology (2)Historical and Political Events (1)Medieval and Renaissance Christian Scenes (4)Portraits of Women and Girls (4)Religious and Biblical Prints and Drawings (1)Art FormAllDrawing (6)Fresco (1)Painting (12)MovementAllHigh Renaissance (1)Renaissance (1)MediumAllCharcoal with white highlights (1)Coloured chalks and ink on vellum (1)Fresco (1)Oil and tempera on poplar panel (1)Oil on canvas (1)Oil on panel (1)Oil on poplar panel (1)Oil on walnut panel (1)Oil, tempera, gold on panel (1)Oil, umber, and white lead pigments on poplar wood panel (1)Red chalk on paper (1)Sketch (1)Tempera on gesso, pitch, and mastic (1)Year CreatedAll1470 (1)1472 (1)1475 (1)1478 (1)1489 (1)1490 (1)1495 (1)1498 (1)1500 (2)1503 (2)1508 (1)1510 (2)1511 (1)1513 (1)1600 (1)GenreAllDrawing (6)Painting (12)GroupAllAnatomical and Proportion Studies (2)Baroque and Later Christian Scenes (1)Greco-Roman Mythology (2)Historical and Political Events (1)Medieval and Renaissance Christian Scenes (4)Portraits of Women and Girls (4)Religious and Biblical Prints and Drawings (1)PlaceAllFrance (2)Italy (7)Poland (1)Russia (2)Switzerland (1)Turin (1)United Kingdom (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 18Angelo IncarnatoLeonardo da VinciAnnunciation (Leonardo)Leonardo da VinciBenois MadonnaLeonardo da VinciLa Bella PrincipessaLeonardo da VinciLa Joconde nueLeonardo da VinciLa ScapigliataLeonardo da VinciLady with an ErmineLeonardo da VinciLeda and the Swan (Leonardo)Leonardo da VinciMadonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (Leonardo)Leonardo da VinciMedusa (Leonardo)Leonardo da VinciMona LisaLeonardo da VinciPortrait of a Man in Red ChalkLeonardo da VinciStudies of the Fetus in the WombLeonardo da VinciThe Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio and Leonardo)Leonardo da VinciThe Battle of Anghiari (Leonardo)Leonardo da VinciThe Last Supper (Leonardo)Leonardo da VinciThe Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the BaptistLeonardo da VinciVitruvian ManLeonardo da VinciFAQsWhere did Leonardo da Vinci spend the last years of his life?He spent his last three years at Cloux near Amboise in France in the service of King Francis I.Leonardo spent his last years in France. At the end of 1516 he left Italy for good, together with Melzi, his most devoted pupil, after the young King Francis I invited him to enter the royal service. He lived for the last three years of his life in the small residence of Cloux, later called Clos-Luce, near the king's summer palace at Amboise on the Loire, and he died there in 1519.ConnectionsAssociated WithAndrea del Verrocchio, Artists Well-attested Source Wikipediatier 2Additional Source Wikipedia: WikipediaEarly life (1452-1472) section, Verrocchio's workshop subsectionMichelangelo, Artists Well-attested Source Wikipedia: WikipediaSfumato, Artistic Techniques Well-attested ConnectedLeonardo da Vinci pioneered sfumato, most famously in the Mona Lisa.Silverpoint, Artistic Techniques Well-attested ConnectedLeonardo da Vinci used silverpoint for many of his preparatory studies.In MovementRenaissance, Movements Well-attested Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)Mentored ByAndrea del Verrocchio, Artists Well-attested Source Wikipedia: WikipediaPracticesDrawing, Art Forms Well-attested Source Wikipediatier 2Additional Source The Metropolitan Museum of ArtHeilbrunn Timeline: Renaissance DrawingsAdditional Source Vitruvian Man (Wikipedia)Vitruvian Man, Description/Composition sectionPainting, Art Forms Well-attested Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)Works CreatedAngelo Incarnato, Works Well-attested Source Angelo Incarnato (Wikipedia)Annunciation (Leonardo), Works Well-attested Source Annunciation (Leonardo) (Wikipedia)Benois Madonna, Works Well-attested Source Benois Madonna (Wikipedia)La Bella Principessa, Works Well-attested Source La Bella Principessa (Wikipedia)La Joconde nue, Works Well-attested Source La Joconde nue (Wikipedia)La Scapigliata, Works Well-attested Source La Scapigliata (Wikipedia)Lady with an Ermine, Works Well-attested Painted by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1489-1491.Leda and the Swan (Leonardo), Works Well-attested Source Leda and the Swan (Leonardo) - WikipediaMadonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (Leonardo), Works Well-attested Source Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (Leonardo) (Wikipedia)Medusa (Leonardo), Works Well-attested Source Medusa, Leonardo (Wikipedia)Mona Lisa, Works Well-attested Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk, Works Well-attested Source Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk (Wikipedia)Studies of the Fetus in the Womb, Works Well-attested Source Studies of the Fetus in the Womb - WikipediaThe Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio and Leonardo), Works Well-attested Source The Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio and Leonardo) (Wikipedia)tier 2The Battle of Anghiari (Leonardo), Works Well-attested Source The Battle of Anghiari (Wikipedia)The Last Supper (Leonardo), Works Well-attested The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist, Works Well-attested Source The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist (Wikipedia)Vitruvian Man, Works Well-attested Source Wikipediatier 2Additional Source Vitruvian Man (Wikipedia)Vitruvian Man, lead sectionIn the Other AtlasesWorks AttributedThe Last Supper (Leonardo)Also in Divinity Atlas: a work attributed to this subject.NationalityRepublic of FlorenceAlso in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.Originated InItalyAlso in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)Sources1. Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner), Cengage Learningchapter on the Italian Renaissance, section on Leonardo da VinciGender referenceTrained in Florence in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, he later worked for patrons including Ludovico Sforza in Milan and, in his final years, the French king Francis I.In Movement: Renaissance, chapters on the Italian Renaissance2. Wikipediatier 2Wikimedia FoundationLeonardo da Vinci article, infobox birth_place fieldpossibly Anchiano, Vinci, FlorenceLeonardo da Vinci article, infobox death_place fieldClos Luce, Amboise, FranceLeonardo da Vinci article, infobox years_active fieldcirca 1470-1519View the SourceWikidata: Leonardo da VinciWikidata Q762, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the SourceWikipedia: WikipediaLeonardo da Vinci article, lead sentence15 April 1452 - 2 May 1519Lead sectionAround the age of 14, he became a garzone (studio boy) in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, who was the leading Florentine painter and sculptor of his time.Leonardo da Vinci article, infobox birth_name fieldLeonardo di ser Piero da VinciMentored By: Andrea del Verrocchio, Early life sectionAround the age of 14, he became a garzone (studio boy) in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, who was the leading Florentine painter and sculptor of his time.Associated With: Andrea del Verrocchio, Early life (1452-1472) section, Verrocchio's workshop subsectionAround the age of 14, he became a garzone (studio boy) in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, who was the leading Florentine painter and sculptor of his time.View the SourceThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkPractices: Drawing, Heilbrunn Timeline: Renaissance DrawingsView the SourceWikipedia: WikipediaAssociated With: Michelangelo, Michelangelo article, lead sectionQuote, Associated With: Michelangelo, Michelangelo article, lead sectionMichelangelo's creative abilities and mastery in a range of artistic arenas define him as an archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and elder contemporary, Leonardo da Vinci.View the SourceThe Battle of Anghiari (Wikipedia)Works Created: The Battle of Anghiari (Leonardo), LeadQuote, Works Created: The Battle of Anghiari (Leonardo), LeadThe Battle of Anghiari (Italian: La Battaglia di Anghiari, 1505) is a lost fresco painting by Leonardo da VinciView the SourceStudies of the Fetus in the Womb - WikipediaWorks Created: Studies of the Fetus in the Womb, lead paragraphQuote, Works Created: Studies of the Fetus in the Womb, lead paragraphStudies of the Fetus in the Womb are two coloured annotated sketches by Leonardo da Vinci made in around 1511. The studies correctly depict the human fetus in its proper position inside a dissected uterus. Leonardo depicted the utView the SourceLeda and the Swan (Leonardo) - WikipediaWorks Created: Leda and the Swan (Leonardo), lead paragraphQuote, Works Created: Leda and the Swan (Leonardo), lead paragraphThe story of Leda and the Swan was the subject of two compositions by Leonardo da Vinci from perhaps 1503-1510. Neither survive as paintings by Leonardo, but there are a number of drawings for both by him, and copies in oils, espeView the SourceMedusa, Leonardo (Wikipedia)Works Created: Medusa (Leonardo), lead paragraphQuote, Works Created: Medusa (Leonardo), lead paragraphMedusa is either of two paintings described in Giorgio Vasari's Life of Leonardo da Vinci as being among Leonardo's earliest works. Neither painting survived.View the SourceMadonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (Leonardo) (Wikipedia)Works Created: Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (Leonardo), lead paragraphQuote, Works Created: Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (Leonardo), lead paragraphThe Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist is a lost composition by Leonardo da Vinci. The composition is known through a handful of paintings attributed to artists in Leonardo's circle. An original underdrawing View the SourceLa Scapigliata (Wikipedia)Works Created: La Scapigliata, lead paragraphQuote, Works Created: La Scapigliata, lead paragraphLa Scapigliata (Italian for 'The Lady with Dishevelled Hair') is an unfinished painting generally attributed to the Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, and dated c. 1506-1508. Painted in oil, umber, and white lead pView the SourceLa Bella Principessa (Wikipedia)Works Created: La Bella Principessa, lead paragraphQuote, Works Created: La Bella Principessa, lead paragraphLa Bella Principessa (English: "The Beautiful Princess"), also known as Portrait of Bianca Sforza, Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress and Portrait of a Young Fiancée, is a portrait in coloured chalks and ink, on vellum, ofView the SourceThe Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist (Wikipedia)Works Created: The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist, lead paragraphQuote, Works Created: The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist, lead paragraphThe Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist, sometimes called the Burlington House Cartoon, is a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. The drawing is in charcoal and black and white chalk, on eight sheets of paper thatView the SourceBenois Madonna (Wikipedia)Works Created: Benois Madonna, lead paragraphQuote, Works Created: Benois Madonna, lead paragraphThe Benois Madonna, otherwise known as the Madonna and Child with Flowers, is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. One of two Madonnas begun by Leonardo in OctobView the SourceLa Joconde nue (Wikipedia)Works Created: La Joconde nue, lead paragraphQuote, Works Created: La Joconde nue, lead paragraphLa Joconde nue or Monna Vanna is a 1514-1516 charcoal drawing with white highlights by the school of Leonardo da Vinci. It is a semi-nude portrait of a woman, 28-by-21 inch in size. The position of the subject's hands and body areView the SourcePortrait of a Man in Red Chalk (Wikipedia)Works Created: Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk, lead paragraphQuote, Works Created: Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk, lead paragraphPortrait of a Man in Red Chalk (c. 1510) is a drawing currently in the collection of the Royal Library of Turin. It is widely, though not universally, accepted as a self-portrait of the Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is View the SourceAngelo Incarnato (Wikipedia)Works Created: Angelo Incarnato, lead paragraphQuote, Works Created: Angelo Incarnato, lead paragraphAngelo incarnato is a sketch attributed to the renowned Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. The drawing is believed to be a portrait of Leonardo's apprentice, Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, also known as Salaì. Salaì seView the SourceVitruvian Man (Wikipedia)Works Created: Vitruvian Man, Vitruvian Man, lead sectiona drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1490.Practices: Drawing, Vitruvian Man, Description/Composition sectionThe drawing was executed primarily with pen and light-brown ink, while there are traces of brown wash (watercolor).View the SourceAnnunciation (Leonardo) (Wikipedia)Works Created: Annunciation (Leonardo), Infobox: artistQuote, Works Created: Annunciation (Leonardo), Infobox: artistLeonardo da VinciView the SourceThe Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio and Leonardo) (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaWorks Created: The Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio and Leonardo), Infobox: artistQuote, Works Created: The Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio and Leonardo), Infobox: artistAndrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da VinciView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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