Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was a true genius who graced this world with his presence from April 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519. He is among the most influential artists in history, having left a significant legacy not only in the realm of art but in science as well, each discipline informing his mastery of …
Paintings by Leonardo da Vinci
The Virgin and Child with St Anne.
Leonardo da Vinci Biography
Born in 1452 in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci focused on the laws of sciences and nature early in his life. This respect and knowledge allowed him to depict these things in his artwork. They not only helped inform him as a painter, but also as a sculptor, draftsmen, and an inventor.
Leonardo da Vinc's Dream of Flying
Leonardo da Vinc's Dream of Flying. Design of a Flying Machine by Leonardo da Vinci. For much of his life, Leonardo was fascinated by the phenomenon of flight, producing many studies of the flight of birds, including his c. 1505 Codex on the Flight of Birds, as well as plans for several flying machines, including a helicopter and a light hang ...
The Annunciation - by Leonardo Da Vinci
The first work of the twenty-year-old master, The Annunciation is not yet what one would call Leonardesque. The composition follows a centuries-old model with the angel on the left, the Virgin on the right, and a lectern in between; the whole depicted in an architectural setting that opens out onto a landscape.
St. John the Baptist - by Leonardo Da Vinci
St. John the Baptist was painted by Leonardo da Vinci from 1513 to 1516, when the High Renaissance was metamorphosing into Mannerism, it is believed to be his last painting. This is an oil painting on walnut wood. The original size of the …
Leonardo da Vinci's Self Portrait - Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk
Leonardo da Vinci's Self Portrait - Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk. This self portrait was painted in 1512 using red chalk, when Leonardo da Vinci was 50 and living in France. The original painting measures 33.3 x 21.3 cm (13 1/8 x 8 3/8 in).
The Adoration of the Magi - by Leonardo Da Vinci
The Adoration of the Magi is perhaps one of Leonardo da Vinci's strangest and most fertile compositions. By combining figures of pleading old men and armed horsemen, he transformed a banal biblical subject into a scene from human history.
Embryo in the Womb - by Leonardo Da Vinci
In one of his most famous drawings, Leonardo depicts a human fetus lying inside a dissected uterus. Leonardo is considered to be the very first in history to correctly depict the human fetus in its proper position within the womb.
The Secretes of Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci
Salvator Mundi - by Leonardo Da Vinci. Leonardo paints Salvator Mundi possibly for King Louis XII of France and his consort, Anne of Brittany. It is most likely commissioned soon after the conquests of Milan and Genoa.