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Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452 in the Tuscan town of Vinci full birth name was Lionardo di ser Piero da Vinici, 1457 lived in the household of his father, grandparents and uncle in the small town of Vinici.
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Leonardo was exposed to both theoretical trainiong and a vast range of technical skills, Leonardo collaborated with Verrocchio on his Baptism of Christ painting.
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The angel holds a Madonna lily, a symbol of Mary's virginity and of the city of Florence.
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Leonardo was working on inveting flying machines. Since he was a small child he always wondered about flying.
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Leonardo was fascinated by the flight, producing many studies of the flight of bird. This included his Codex on the Flight of Birds as well as plans for many flying machines, has been successfully constructed and demonstrated based on his designs.
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It represents the scene of The Last Supper form the final days of Jesus, when Jesus announces that one of his Twelve Aposties would betray him.
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The painting is a half-lenght portrait and depicts a seated women whose facial expressions s frequently described as enigmatic. He started in 1503-1507
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Virging of the Rocks was the first painting executed by Leonardo after he arrived in Milan, it shows the immaculate conception while others think it recalls the moment when the infant Christ met St John the Baptist.
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Leonardo da Vinici, design for a machine for grinding convex lenses.
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Leonardo spent much of his time living in the Belvedere in the Vatican in Rome. In 1516, he entered Francois service. It was here that he spent the last three years of his life and where he died on May 2, 1519