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Period: 1452 to 1482
Life in Florence
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Apr 15, 1452
Birth
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, was born the 15th of April of 1452 in Vinci, Florence. -
1464
Start studying
When he was young, Leonardo only received a basic and informal education in writing, reading and mathematics, possibly because his artistic talents were recognised early, so his family decided to focus their attention there. -
1466
Starts in Verrocchio's workshop
Leonardo, saw some of his paintings to Andrea Verrochio, who was surprised of da Vinci’s attributes for being a very good painter. So he started as a studio boy in Verrochio’s workshop. -
1469
Verrochio’s apprentice
Leonardo became an apprentice by the age of 17 and remained in training for seven years. -
Nov 11, 1472
Master in the Guild of Saint Luke
By 1472, at the age of 20, Leonardo qualified as a master in the Guild of Saint Luke, the guild of artists and doctors of medicine, but even after his father set him up in his own workshop, his attachment to Verrocchio was such that he continued to collaborate and live with him. -
1473
First work
Leonardo's earliest known dated work is a 1473 pen-and-ink drawing of the Arno valley. -
1476
First painting
In 1476, Leonardo started painting Madonna of the Carnation. And he finished it in 1478.
Madonna of the Carnation -
1478
First independent work
In January 1478, Leonardo received an independent commission to paint an altarpiece for the Chapel of Saint Bernard in the Palazzo Vecchio. It was his first work without Verrocchio. He started standing out as an ingenier. -
1482
An important person in Italy
In 1482, Leonardo was sent as an ambassador by Lorenzo de' Medici to Ludovico il Moro. -
Period: 1482 to 1499
Life in Milan
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Jul 23, 1482
Move to Milan
Leonardo moved to Milan to follow his ingenier and painter career. -
1483
New paint
He was commissioned to paint the Virgin of the Rocks for the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception and The Last Supper for the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
The Virgin of the Rocks -
1485
Vitruvian man
Leonardo made this painting in 1485. That is a study of the proportions of the human body.
Vitruvian Man -
1498
The Last Supper
Leonardo painted it between 1495 and 1498. Initially, he painted it for Ludovico Sforza.
The last supper curiosities -
1500
Move to Venice
Leonardo moved to Venice in 1500. There was employed as a military architect and engineer, devising methods to defend the city from naval attacks. -
1503
Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa or Gioconda is one of the most famous work of art of the history, it has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world". Leonardo painted in between 1503 and 1506 in Milan.
Now, it has been on permanent display at the Louvre in Paris since 1797.
Gioconda -
1507
Experience the flight
In 1507, Leonardo made some studies of the flight. He looked at the birds and saw how they were flying. With that, he started making fly machine plans.
Fly machine plans -
1513
Settle in Rome
He settled in Rome at the service of Giuliano de' Medici, where he begins his treatise on the art of painting. -
1516
France
He moved to France because of the invitation of King Francis I as the first painter of the court, who assigned him as his private residence the castle of Cloux. -
May 2, 1519
Death
