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Leonardo da Vinci

  • Birthdate
    Apr 15, 1451

    Birthdate

    Birth of Leonardo da Vinci on 15 April in Venice Italy,to Caterina and Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci,his parents.
  • Becoming a member
    Aug 21, 1473

    Becoming a member

    After Leonardo registered on tax declaration of his father.He became a member of the Arte of painters in the city of Florence,along with Perugino and Botticelli.Then his first known drawing:the landscape painted on the Feast of Santa Maria delle Neve,at about this date.
  • Receiving
    Feb 19, 1478

    Receiving

    Leonardo first receives his first personal commission to be recorded in an official document.His work never did materialize. After he writes "I have begun the two Virgin Mary's. "
  • Going away
    Mar 5, 1482

    Going away

    Leonardo goes to live in Milan.There he studies anatomy (Libro Titolato de Figura umana) and architecture.Then visits Pavia with Francesco di Giorgio Martini.
  • The Last Supper
    Oct 5, 1495

    The Last Supper

    At this time,Leonardo begins The Last Supper.Painted in Santa Maria delle Grazie.The painting represents the scene of The Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples.It is one of the worlds most famous paintings and most studied.
  • Flying
    Oct 5, 1498

    Flying

    Possible first attempt at a flying machine.Leonardo then leaves Milan.Then later he studies the flight of birds.Second unsuccessful attempt to fly. One of the most famous invention he made was the flying machine.
  • Engineering
    Jun 13, 1502

    Engineering

    Cesare Borgia appoints Leonardo military engineering to his armies.He is also appointed painter and engineer to Louis XII.Leonardo practices military,hydraulics,civil,mechanical and architectural engineering
  • The Mona Lisa
    May 20, 1503

    The Mona Lisa

    Leonardo began painting the Mona Lisa in Florence Italy.The women in the portrait was Lisa Gherandini.It is one of the most famous and celebrated work.It now hangs in the Louver,in Paris.
  • Deciding where to live
    Dec 24, 1508

    Deciding where to live

    Leonardo divides his time between Milan and the city of Florence.Then later on he moves to Rome where he lived in the Belvedere.There he worked on mirrors and possibly the Turin self portrait.
  • Anatomy
    Feb 22, 1509

    Anatomy

    At this time,Leonardo purses his studies of anatomy with Marcanotonio della Torre.His early anatomical studies dealt chiefly on skeletons and muscles.His earlier dissections and drawings were of animals.He later acquired his first human skull in 1489.
  • Last years
    May 2, 1519

    Last years

    Leonardo worked in Rome, Bologna and Venice.He spent his last years in France at a home awarded by Francis I. Leonardo at the age of 67 he died on May 2,1519.He was buried in the church of Saint-Florentin.The church was later ruined during the French Revolution.