Leonardo da Vinci

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  • Apr 15, 1452

    Birth

    Birth
    Leonardo was born at Vinci, a small town near Florence, Italy.
  • 1490

    Vitruvian Man

    Vitruvian Man
    Leonardo da Vinci did many drawings. The best-known is Vitruvian Man. It is done in pen and ink on paper and is based on the ideal proportions of a man's body.
  • 1490

    Lady with an Ermine

    Lady with an Ermine
    The subject of the portrait is Cecilia Gallerani, the mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. The ermine was a symbol of purity for Leonardo.
  • 1498

    The Last Supper

    The Last Supper
    The Last Supper is also a very famous painting. It is a picture of the last supper of Jesus and his disciples. It shows how they reacted when Jesus said that one of them would betray him.
  • 1500

    The Virgin and Child with St Anne and John the Baptist.

    The Virgin and Child with St Anne and John the Baptist.
    The cartoon (a drawing that is a plan for the painting) showed the Virgin Mary sitting on the knee of her mother, St Anne. Mary holds the baby Jesus in her arms. Jesus stretches out his hands to his young cousin John the Baptist.Like many of Leonardo's projects, the painting was never done.
  • 1516

    Clos Lucé

    Clos Lucé
    In 1516, Francis I invited Leonardo to go to France with him. He gave Leonardo a beautiful house called Clos Lucé. It is near the king's palace, Chateau Amboise.
  • 1519

    The Mona Lisa

    The Mona Lisa
    The Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. Lisa was the wife of Francesco del Giocondo a rich silk merchant, who lived in Florence.
  • May 2, 1519

    Death

    Death
    Leonardo died at Clos Lucé, on May 2, 1519.