Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Political map of Italy in the year in 1494. Leonardo Da Vinci's grandfather Antonio and father Piero were notaries, and Antonio noted the birth of Leonardo in a notary book of the 14th century used as a collection of memories of the family, writing, "Nacque un mio nipote, figliolo di ser Piero mio figliolo a dì 15 aprile del 1452 in sabato a ore 3 di notte [according to the Gregorian calendar ...
The Death of Leonardo da Vinci, by Ingres, 1818 [u] The 19th century brought a particular admiration for Leonardo's genius, causing Henry Fuseli to write in 1801: "Such was the dawn of modern art, when Leonardo da Vinci broke forth with a splendour that distanced former excellence: made up of all the elements that constitute the essence of ...
1482 letter from Leonardo da Vinci to Ludovico Sforza; a résumé outlining his abilities in science, engineering and art. The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) left thousands of pages of writings and drawings but rarely made any references to his personal life. [ 1 ]
The document was written by Ser Piero da Vinci, Leonardo’s father, and dated November 1452, when Leonardo would have been 6 months old.
Francesco Melzi, or Francesco de Melzi (1491–1570), was an Italian painter born into a family of the Milanese nobility in Lombardy.He became a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci and remained as his closest friend and professional assistant throughout his career.
Ginevra de' Benci by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474-1478. Ginevra de' Benci (1457–1521) was a member of the Benci family in Florence and is the subject of an early portrait by Leonardo da Vinci. Possible portrait of Ginevra de' Benci by Lorenzo di Credi. Ginevra was born into a family of wealthy Florentine merchants in 1457.
While unproven, Crivelli has long been presumed to be the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting La belle ferronnière, which is displayed in the Louvre. [1] The rationale for the Crivelli identification has been primarily based on da Vinci's earlier depiction of Cecilia Gallerani, in his painting, Lady with an Ermine.
Alamy By Drake Baer Even a Renaissance man is occasionally on the job hunt. Such was the case back in the 1480s, when a young Leonardo da Vinci was coming up in