Leonardo da Vinci

  • Apr 15, 1452

    The beginning

    Leonardo da Vinci is born
  • 1466

    Moving

    Leonardo moves to Florence with his father
  • 1472

    A painting

    Leonardo paints angles in Verrocchio’s Baptism of Christ
  • 1480

    Working for Duke Lorenzo de Medici

    Leonardo works for Duke Lorenzo de Medici
  • 1483

    Moving (again)

    Leonardo moves to Milan
  • 1493

    Epuestrian statue

    Leonardo builds a full-scale clay statue of the Epuestrian statue
  • 1495

    The Last Supper painting

    Begins ‘The Last Supper’ in the dining room at the Santa Maria Delle Grazie
  • 1500

    That’s not good

    Leonardo leaves Milan after it falls to the French
  • 1503

    The famous Mona Lisa

    Leonardo begins the Mona Lisa
  • 1508

    Employed by French King Louis XII

    Returns to Milan, where he is employed by French King Louis XII
  • 1515

    No more

    Leonardo is forbidden by the Pope to do anymore human dissections
  • 1515

    Famous St John The Baptist

    Paints last known picture ‘St John The Baptist
  • Apr 23, 1519

    Writing the will

    Leonardo writes his will
  • May 2, 1519

    The end

    Leonardo passes away