# 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._

3 works in the collection.

- [Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist; Diagram of a Perspectival Projection (recto); Slight Doodles (verso)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/compositional-sketches-for-the-virgin-adoring-the-christ-chi-met-337494), Leonardo da Vinci, 1480–85. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-head-of-the-virgin-in-three-quarter-view-facing-right-met-337496), Leonardo da Vinci, 1510–13. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [A Bear Walking](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-bear-walking-met-459184), Leonardo da Vinci, ca. 1482–85. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.