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Leonardo Da Vinci

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  • Apr 15, 1452

    The birth of Leonardo

    The birth of Leonardo
    Leonardo was born in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci.
  • Period: Apr 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci's life
  • 1466

    Move to Florence

    Move to Florence
    He becomes an apprentice in Veroccio's workshop.
  • 1473

    Leonardo's father set him up in his own workshop.

    Leonardo's father set him up in his own workshop.
    His earliest known dated work is a drawing in pen and ink of the Arno valley, drawn on 5 August 1473.
  • 1482

    Move to Milan

    Move to Milan
    Leonardo worked in Milan from 1482 until 1499. He painted the Virgin of the Rocks and The Last Supper for the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
  • 1485

    Visit to Hungary

    In the spring of 1485, Leonardo travelled to Hungary on behalf of Ludovico to meet Matthias Corvinus, and was commissioned by him to paint a Madonna.
  • 1498

    The Last Supper

    The Last Supper
    Leonardo's most famous painting of the 1490s is The Last Supper, commissioned for the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan
  • 1499

    Move to Venice

    At the start of the Second Italian War in 1499 Leonardo fled Milan for Venice.
  • 1503

    Mona Lisa

    Mona Lisa
    Leonardo da Vinci is thought by some to have begun painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 or 1504 in Florence, Italy.
  • 1513

    Move to Rome

    From September 1513 to 1516, under Pope Leo X, Leonardo spent much of his time living in the Belvedere in the Vatican in Rome.
  • 1516

    Move to France

    Move to France
    In 1516, he entered Francis' service, being given the use of the manor house Clos Lucé, now a public museum, near the king's residence at the royal Château d'Amboise.
  • May 2, 1519

    The death of Leonardo

    The death of Leonardo
    Leonardo died at Clos Lucé, on 2 May 1519 at the age of 67. The cause is generally stated to be recurrent stroke.