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Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was known not only as a masterful painter but as an architect, sculptor, engineer, and scientist. His pursuit of knowledge was relentless and his discoveries left lasting changes in the fields of art and science. With his sophisticated skills and love for learning, Leonardo embodied the curiosity and individualism of the era and was the quintessential Renaissance man.
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519)
Madonna of the Goldfinch Madonna of the Goldfinch (1505), by Italian Renaissance painter Raphael, is an early example of a series of Madonnas painted by the artist throughout his life. The influence Florentine artist Leonardo da Vinci had on Raphael can be seen in the way the faces are depicted and in the use of chiaroscuro (dark and light contrasts). However, Raphael’s handling of dark and light is subtler than the chiaroscuro of Leonardo da Vinci’s work.Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York
Leonardo’s The Last Supper
Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper (about 1495-1497) decorates the walls at the monastery of the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. The figure of Christ forms the calm center of the painting, while the disciples seated to his right and left respond in agitation to his announcement that “One of you shall betray me.” The fourth figure from the left end is Judas, who betrays Christ and is shown pulling away from him in the painting
A Masterpiece Restored
Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci’s celebrated mural The Last Supper appears lighter and brighter after the completion in 1999 of a painstaking 22-year restoration of the masterpiece. Some experts claim the restoration altered the original appearance of the 15th-century painting, which adorns a wall in the Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy.
The Virgin of the Rocks
The Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci was actually painted twice. The first version, done in 1485, was commissioned to be an altarpiece but was evidently rejected. That painting now hangs in the Louvre, Paris. This version was commissioned about ten years later, but wasn’t completed until about 1506. The cross and halos were added later by someone else. The painting hangs in the National Gallery, London
Leonardo’s Military Sketches
Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci entered the service of Duke Ludovico Sforza in Milan in about 1482, serving as both architect and principal engineer in numerous military enterprises. During this time, Leonardo demonstrated expertise in areas of military engineering such as portable bridges, bombardments, cannons, ships, catapults, and other war machines, including armored vehicles. Examples of his ideas are shown here, and they include at the bottom what has subsequently been considered by many to be a prototype tank.
Mona Lisa (1503-1506, Louvre, Paris), Leonardo da Vinci’s world-famous portrait, was the artist’s favorite painting; in fact, it went everywhere with him. Although there have been many theories about the origin of the inexplicable smile on the woman’s face, it was probably just the result of Leonardo’s interest in natural chiaroscuro (the effect of light and shadow on the subject).
Ornithopter
The ornithopter is one of many intriguing ideas created by Leonardo da Vinci. Although these inventions were never carried through to completion, the drawings for them are skillful. The ornithopter was the result of the artist’s interest in the flight of birds; da Vinci could be called the first scientific illustrator.
The Baptism of Christ by Verrocchio and Leonardo
Vitruvian Man
Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, from around 1492, shows a man within a circle and a square—an illustration of the proportional canon of ancient Roman architect Vitruvius. Leonardo and many other Renaissance artists were interested in mathematical and scientific measurement. This work is in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, Italy.

Virgin and Child with St. Anne
Leonardo da Vinci statue outside the Uffizi, Florence