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Leonardo da Vinci

  • 1452

    birth

  • 1478

    The Annunciation is painted. The work, initially credited to Da Vinci, is now believed to have been painted by Lorenzo di Credi.

  • 1494

    Leonardo begins work on The Last Supper in the refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.

  • 1500

    Leonardo begins painting the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, a project that he only finishes after 10 years.

  • May 8, 1519

    leonardo died