subject: Da Vinci's Fantastic Paintings [print this page] Leonardo da Vinci was something more than an excellent Italian painter. He was also celebrated as a sculptor, architect, engineer, anatomist and scientist. Da Vinci (1452 1519) was considered one of the great masters of the High Renaissance. Leonardo had a notorious talent since his childhood. When he was fourteen, his father authorized him to enter as an apprentice to Andrea del Verrocchio's workshop where learn something about painting and sculpture. Leonardo da Vinci's first Paintings were developed in this workshop.
In 1478 Leonardo became an independent master. Adoration of the Magi was one of his first Paintings at this stage of his life. As musician, Leonardo also had much reputation. However, his life was more linked to the Paintings. Da Vinci spent much of his time living in the Belvedere in the Vatican in Rome, where Raphael and Michelangelo worked. Leonardo da Vinci's life is full of big success. Undoubtedly, the Gioconda is the most remembered and admired chapter in the long history of Leonardo. If you have the chance to visit Paris, Louvre Museum must be in your itinerary.
This is a chronological partial list of Leonardo da Vinci's works. The Baptism of Christ (1472 - 1475), The Annunciation (1472 - 1475), Madonna with the Carnation (1475), Madonna Benois (1475 - 1478), Portrait of Ginevra de'Benci (1478 - 1480), St. Hieronymus (1480 - 1482), Adoration of the Magi (1481 - 1482), The Virgin of the Rocks (1482 - 1486), Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani (Lady with an Ermine) (1490), Portrait of an Unknown Woman (La Belle Ferroniere) (1490), Madonna Litta (1490), The Last Supper (1495 - 1498), Virgin and Child with St. Anne (1502 - 1516), Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) (1503-1506), Leda and the Swan (1505-1510) and The Virgin of the Rocks (1506-1508).
by: Mary Pierce
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