Self-portrait Artist Leonardo da Vinci Year 1512 Medium Red chalk on paper Location Biblioteca Reale, Turin Dimensions 13.1 in × 8.5 in 33.3 cm × 21.6 cm Often considered the Renaissance man and the greatest artist during the time of great artists, Leonardo da Vinci has done numerous paintings and drawings commissioned by several noblemen
Leonardo da Vinci, Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], c. 1474/1478, oil on panel, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1967.6.1.a. Leonardo was born in 1452 in the Italian village of Anchiano, near Vinci, his namesake. His parents never married—his mother, Caterina, was spurned by his father, Ser Piero da Vinci, as she was from a lower social class.
The Virgin of the Rocks, oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci, 1483–86; in the Louvre, Paris. Leonardo moves to Milan in 1492 to serve in the court of the duke Ludovico Sforza. Leonardo enjoys the prospect of multiple projects suited to his interests and abilities. Altogether, he spends 17 years in Milan.
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