Leonardo da Vinci
Italian, 1452–1519
Born in Vinci; died in Amboise.
Leonardo trained in Florence in the studio of Andrea del Verrocchio and spent much of his career in Milan in the service of Ludovico Sforza, where he painted The Last Supper. Painter, engineer, anatomist and student of nature, he left relatively few finished paintings, among them the Mona Lisa, but thousands of notebook pages and drawings on every subject. His soft modelling of light and shade, called sfumato, transformed painting. He died in France at Amboise, a guest of Francis I.
Written by Ochre Editions.
- In the collection
- 3 worksDated 1477–1513
- Mostly
- Drawings
- Courtesy of
- The Met
