Leonardo Da Vinci

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  • Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo Da Vini was born in Vinci, Italy.

    Leonardo Da Vini was born in Vinci, Italy.
    Leonardo Da Vini was born in Vinci, Italy on April 15, 1452.
  • Jan 1, 1466

    At age 14, leonardo began apprenticing under the artist Verrocchio.

    At age 14, leonardo began apprenticing under the artist Verrocchio.
    Verrocchio served as a role model and teacher to Da Vinci.
  • Jan 1, 1472

    He was accepted in painters' guild of Florence.

    He was accepted in painters' guild of Florence.
    He was given the opportunity to study and learn under great artists such as Verrocchio and Michelangelo Buonarroti.
  • Jan 1, 1476

    He was arrested under a charge of sodomy at age 24.

    He was arrested for sodomy, but the charges were later dropped.
  • Jan 1, 1481

    He was commissioned to paint the Adoration of the Magi for a monastery.

    The method used in his painting turned out to be a mark in the development of art in the way the figures are represented in the painting.
  • Jan 1, 1482

    Da Vinci published detailed sketches of the human body.

    His sketches were unlike anything ever seen. Body parts were sketched in different angles to show grotesque images.
  • Jan 1, 1489

    He began to intricately study anatomy.

    He tried to apply a scientific method using mathematical laws on human anatomy.
  • Jan 1, 1495

    Leonardo began painting the Last Supper.

    It is one of the most recognized paintings of the High Renaissance.
  • Jan 1, 1498

    He made his first attempt at planning a flying machine.

    He drew meticulous plans for a human-powered ornithopter (a wing-flapping device intended to fly).
  • Jan 1, 1504

    He was a notary and attorney who had, in all a total of 17 children.

    He was a notary and attorney who had, in all a total of 17 children.
  • Jan 1, 1505

    He completed the painting of the Mona Lisa.

    It is considered “the best known” painting in the world.
  • Jan 1, 1507

    He was appointed as Louis XII’s painter and engineer.

    He was Louis’ court painter and worked on a second version of Virgin School.
  • Jan 1, 1512

    Leonardo sketched a self-portrait with red chalk.

    This self-portrait exemplifies da Vinci as a man of wisdom since the long hair and beard were not common during the Renaissance era.
  • Jan 1, 1515

    John the Baptist was painted by Da Vinci.

    The pointing motion of John up to the sky proposes the importance of salvation through baptism that John the Baptist represents.
  • Jan 1, 1519

    Leonardo Da Vinci died on May 2 in Cloux, France.

    He died at the age of 67.