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Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519)

engineer, sculptor and painter.
He has been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man" and as a universal genius. Leonardo is well known for his masterly paintings, such as The Last Supper and Mona Lisa. He is also known for his many inventions that were conceived well before their time but of which few were constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of anatomy, astronomy, and civil engineering.

vegetarian throughout his life. He became an apprentice to painter Andrea del Verrocchio about 1466. Later, he became an independent painter in Florence.

of the Magi". After extensive, ambitious plans and many drawings, the painting was left unfinished and Leonardo left for Milan.
Back in Florence, he was commissioned for a large public mural, the "Battle of Angrier"; his rival Michelangelo was to paint the opposite wall. After producing a fantastic variety of studies in preparation for the work, he left the city, with the mural unfinished due to technical difficulties.

place that took this picture in the artist. To work on "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo did not shy away - as it did with many other orders, but rather to give her some kind of passion. She was devoted to all the time, to stay with him to work on "The Battle of Angrier." He spent a lot of time and leaving Italy in adulthood, has taken away with him to France among some other selected paintings. Da Vinci had a special affection for this portrait, as well as a lot of thinking during the process of its creation, in the "Treatise on Painting" and in those notes on the technique of painting, which were not included in it, you can find a variety of indications, undoubtedly related to the "Mona Lisa ".

planning a comprehensive work of human and comparative anatomy. Around the year 1490, he produced a study in his sketchbook of the Canon of Proportions as described in recently rediscovered writings of the Roman architect Vitruvius. The study, called the Vitruvian Man, is one of his most well-known works.

Florence, 2 May 1519. During his lifetime Leonardo has achieved much in the art of medicine and architecture.