Leonardo Da Vinci

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  • 1519 BCE

    Last years in France

    Last years in France
    On April 23, 1519, Leonardo, ill for several months, wrote his will before a notary of Amboise.
  • 1519 BCE

    Death

    Death
    May 2, 1519, Castle of Clos-Lucé, Amboise, France,for natural causes.
  • 1518 BCE

    Assistants and students

    Assistants and students
    Ian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, 49 called il Salaino the imp Salai, was described by Giorgio Vasari as "a nice and beautiful young man with fine, curly hair, which delighted Leonardo.
  • 1517 BCE

    Painting (2)

    Painting (2)
    It does not seem that Leonardo had done any painting from this drawing, but a fairly close picture is The Virgin, the Child Jesus and Saint Anne.
  • 1503 BCE

    From Milan to Rome

    From Milan to Rome
    It is also the time when he began to work in La Gioconda (1503-1506, and later 1510-1515), a work usually considered as a portrait of Lisa Gherardini.
  • 1500 BCE

    Private life

    Private life
    Leonardo da Vinci had many friends who enjoyed recognition in their respective fields or had an important influence in his time.
  • 1500 BCE

    Painting

    Painting
    He thinks above all of the technique of "sfumato" and the combination of shadows and lights. All these qualities appear together in works such as La Gioconda, The Last Supper and The Virgin of the Rocks.
  • 1499 BCE

    From Venice to Florence (1501-1508)

    From Venice to Florence (1501-1508)
    In March of 1499, Leonardo works as an architect and military engineer for the Venetians who wanted to build protections in their city.
  • 1490 BCE

    Note books

    Note books
    Renaissance humanism sees no mutually exclusive polarities between science and the arts.
  • 1490 BCE

    Scientific studies

    Scientific studies
    Leonardo's scientific method was based fundamentally on observation, science was the captain, the practice was the soldier.
  • 1482 BCE

    In Milan and at the service of Ludovico Sforza (1482-1500)

    In Milan and at the service of Ludovico Sforza (1482-1500)
    In 1481 the monastery of San Donato commissioned the Adoration of the Magi, but Leonardo never finished this picture.
  • 1482 BCE

    First works

    First works
    The first work of Leonardo that is known is a part of the Baptism of Christ of Verrocchio and his students. Another painting that seems to date from this period, is The Annunciation.
  • 1469 BCE

    Verrocchio workshop training

    Verrocchio workshop training
    The young Leonardo was a lover of nature, who watched with great curiosity. He drew cartoons and practiced specular writing in Tuscan dialect.
  • 1466 BCE

    Leonardo in Florence: teachers and contemporaries

    Leonardo in Florence: teachers and contemporaries
    In 1466, when Leonardo began his apprenticeship with Andrea del Verrocchio, the sculptor Donatello, who in turn was Verrocchio's teacher, died.
  • 1452 BCE

    Born

    Born
    April 15, 1452 in Anchiano,Republic of Florence.