Leonardo da Vinci

Italian · 1452–1519

High RenaissanceRenaissance

While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and palaeontology.

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works in the Momentable archive: 22works in the Momentable archive
museums hold them: 2museums hold them
life: 1452–1519life
movement: High Renaissancemovement

The work

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Leonardo da Vinci · National Gallery of Art

Ginevra de' Benci [obverse]

Leonardo da Vinci · National Gallery of Art

Who Leonardo da Vinci was

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and palaeontology. Leonardo is widely regarded as a genius who epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal, and his collective works contributed to the development of European art to an extent rivalled only by that of his younger contemporary Michelangelo.

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