Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)
Italian painter born at Vinci, next to Florence, died at Chateaux de Cloux, in France, near Ambroise. He is mostly known as a painter, having authored the "The Virgin and the Child with St. Anne", "Mona Lisa", (also known as "La Giaconda"), "The Last Supper", "St. John the Baptist", "The Madonna Of The Rocks", etc.
Leonardo da Vinci was a savant sketch artist, a wonderful colorist, excelling at mixing mild tones with the technique of chiaroscuro. He was also a sculptor, a physicist, an engineer, philosopher, writer, poet and musician. He was distinguished in all these branches of art and science.
Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most complete and accomplished geniuses of the Renaissance. Legend has it that he died in the arms of King Francois the 1st (the alleged scene serves as an inspiration for the painting "The Death of Leonardo" by Giroux).
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Leonardo da Vinci "Battle of Anghiari - detail" (1503-1505) The Louvre, Paris |
Leonardo da Vinci "Last Supper (study)" (1494-1495) Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice |
Leonardo da Vinci "Madonna with a Yarnwinder" (1510) Private collection, New York |
Leonardo da Vinci "Portrait of a Woman" (1508) Galleria Nazionale, Parma |
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Da Vinci "Mona Lisa" (1502-1519) Louvre, Paris |
Leonardo da Vinci "The Last Supper" (1495ñ1498) Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan |
Leonardo da Vinci "Water Lift" (1486) Museo del Prado, Madrid |
Leonardo da Vinci "Leda and The Swan" (1515-1520) Wilton House, London |
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Leonardo da Vinci "The Last Supper (copy)" (cca 1500) Da Vinci Museum, Tongerlo |
Leonardo da Vinci "Anatomical Study (embryo)" (1509-1514) Royal Library, Windsor |
Leonardo da Vinci "A woman's head (study)" (1490) The Louvre, Paris |
Leonardo da Vinci "Madonna of the Rocks" (1505-1508) Nat'l Gallery, London |
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Leonardo da Vinci "Leda and the Swan" (1503-1507) Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth |
Leonardo da Vinci "Multiple Barrel Gun" (1480-1482) Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan |
Leonardo da Vinci "Flying machine" (1485) Biblioth?que de l'Institut de France, Paris |
Leonardo da Vinci "The Virgin and the Child with St. Anne" (1510) Louvre, Paris |
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Leonardo da Vinci "Annunciation (Louvre)" (1478-1482) The Louvre, Paris |
Leonardo da Vinci "Madonna of The Rocks" (1495-1508) Louvre, Paris |
Leonardo da Vinci "Old Man and Young Man" (1495-1500) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence |
Leonardo da Vinci "Self-Portrait" (1512) Biblioteca Reale, Turin |
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Leonardo da Vinci "Madonna and Child with St Anne and Saint Johnthe Baptist as Child" (1507-1508) National Gallery, London |
Leonardo da Vinci "Water Lift" (1480-1482) Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan |
Leonardo da Vinci "Last Supper (study)" (1495) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
Leonardo da Vinci "The Vitruvian Man" (1485) Accademia, Venice |
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Leonardo da Vinci "Head of a Young Woman" (1470-1476) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence |
Leonardo da Vinci "Flying machine" (1487) Institut de France, Paris |
Leonardo da Vinci "Saint John the Baptist" (cca. 1514) Nat'l Gallery, London |
Leonardo da Vinci "Leda and The Swan(copy)" (1508-1515) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence |
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Leonardo da Vinci "Annunciation (Uffizi)" (1472-1475) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence |
Leonardo da Vinci "Madonna of the Carnation" (1478-1480) Alte Pinakothek Museum in Munich |
Leonardo da Vinci "Head of a Warrior" (1504-1505) Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
Leonardo da Vinci "Adoration of the Magi" (1481-1482) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence |
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Leonardo da Vinci "Leda and the Swan (copy)" (1530) Staatliche Museen, Kassel |
Leonardo da Vinci "Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness" (1510-1515) The Louvre, Paris |
Leonardo da Vinci "Last Supper (study)" (1495) Royal Library, Windsor |
Leonardo da Vinci "Portrait of a girl" (1483) Biblioteca Reale, Turin |
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Leonardo da Vinci "Battle of Anghiari - detail" (1503-1505) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence |
Leonardo da Vinci "La belle Ferroniere" (1490) The Louvre, Paris |
Leonardo da Vinci "Grotesque Heads" (1490) Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice |
Leonardo da Vinci "Anatomical Study (shoulder)" (1510-1511) Royal Library, Windsor |
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