Leonardo da Vinci was a true Renaissance man, with talents spanning across painting, sculpture, architecture, engineering, and science. Born in 1452 in Vinci, Italy, he began his artistic career under the tutelage of Andrea del Verrocchio. He quickly showed natural genius and curiosity that set him apart from other artists of his time.
Da Vinci’s contributions to the art world are immense; he is widely considered one of the greatest painters in Western art history. Despite having only 25 attributed major works to his name, he founded the High Renaissance and made significant contributions to fields like anatomy and perspective. His most famous work is undoubtedly the Mona Lisa, which is celebrated for its composition and masterful use of sfumato.
But Leonardo was more than just an artist; his natural curiosity led him to study subjects like mathematics and astronomy as well. He made significant improvements to existing technology during his lifetime through inventions like machines that could fly or swim underwater.
In his later years, Leonardo even served as First painter, architect & engineer to King Francis I in France. To this day, Leonardo remains a prominent figure in both the art world and popular culture; he is often referred to as a true “Renaissance Man” for his many achievements across so many different fields.
All Leonardo Da Vinci Artwork on Artchive
Artwork Name | Year | Medium |
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Madonna with the Yarnwinder | c.1510; Milan, Italy | oil,canvas |
Madonna Litta (Madonna and the Child) | c.1490; Italy | canvas,tempera |
Lily | c.1473 - c.1475; Milan, Italy | chalk,ink,paper |
Leda and the Swan | c.1506; Milan, Italy | chalk,wash,ink,paper |
Leda and the Swan | c.1510; Milan, Italy | oil,panel |
Leda | c.1510; Milan, Italy | oil,panel |
Manuscript page on the Sforza monument | c.1493; Milan, Italy | ink,paper |
Masquerader in the guise of a Prisoner.jpg | c.1502 - c.1517; Paris, France | chalk,paper |
The Virgin of the Rocks | c.1483 - c.1486 | oil,panel |
Perspectival study of the Adoration of the Magi | c.1481; Milan, Italy | ink,paper |
Page from a notebook showing figures fighting on horseback and on foot | c.1504; Florence, Italy | ink,paper |
One of Leonardo da Vinci's designs for an Ornithopter | c.1489; Milan, Italy | ink,paper |
Old man with ivy wreath and lion's head | c.1494 - c.1519; Florence, Italy | chalk,paper |
Natural disaster | c.1517; Paris, France | chalk,ink,paper |
Woman's Head | c.1473; Milan, Italy | ink,paper |
Salvator Mundi | c.1500 | oil,panel |
Portrait of a Bearded Man, possibly a Self Portrait | c.1484 - c.1513; Rome, Italy | chalk,paper |
Portrait of an Unknown Woman (La Belle Ferroniere) | c.1490; Milan, Italy | oil,panel |
La Bella Principessa - Portrait of Bianca Sforza | 1495 - 1498; Italy | ink,gouache,vellum,wood |
Profile of a man and study of two riders | c.1497; Milan, Italy | chalk,ink,paper |
Profile of an old man | c.1505; Florence, Italy | ink,paper |
A Grotesque Head | c.1502; Italy | chalk,paper |
Scythed Chariot | c.1483; Milan, Italy | ink,paper |
Profile of a warrior in helmet | c.1472; Milan, Italy | metalpoint,paper,silverpoint |
A plan of Imola | 1502; Italy | chalk,wash,ink,paper |
Annunciation | c.1480; Milan, Italy | oil,panel |
Anatomy of the Neck | 1515; Rome, Italy | |
Anatomical studies of the shoulder | c.1510; Milan, Italy | chalk,ink,paper |
Anatomical studies of a male shoulder | c.1509; Milan, Italy | ink,paper |
Anatomical studies (larynx and leg) | 1510; Milan, Italy | ink,paper |
Anatomical studies | c.1505; Florence, Italy | ink,paper |
An Artillery Park | 1487; Milan, Italy | pencil,paper |
Allegory | c.1516; Paris, France | chalk,paper |
Spring Device | c.1500; Italy | ink,paper |
Seated old man | c.1487 - c.1498; Milan, Italy | ink,paper |
Sedge | c.1510; Italy | pencil,paper |
Self Portrait | c.1505 | |
Self portrait on the Flight of Birds Codex | c.1485; Italy | |
Siege Defenses | c.1481; Milan, Italy | |
Sleeve Study for the Annunciation | c.1470 - c.1473 | |
Vetruvian Man | 1492 | Ink on Paper |
Lady with an Ermine | 1483-1490 | Oil on wood |
Mona Lisa | c.1503 - c.1519 | Oil on Panel (Poplar Wood) |
St. Jerome | c. 1480 | Tempera And Oil On Panel |
Head Of A Woman | ||
Sketches For "the Battle Of Anghiari" | ||
Rearing Horse | c.1503 | chalk,paper |
Cannon Foundry | 1487 | Ink on Paper |
The Virgin of the Rocks | 1483 - c.1505 | Oil on Panel |
Distance from the Sun to the Earth and the size of the Moon | ||
Benois Madonna | c.1478 | Oil on Canvas |
The Musician | c.1483 - 1487 | Oil on Panel |
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and the Young St. John the Baptist | c. 1501 | Charcoal and touches of white on paper |
Geometric Figure Duodecendron elevatus vacuus | ||
Geometric Figure Tetracendron elevatus vacuus | ||
Head of a Warrior | c. 1504-06 | Red pencil on cream-colored paper |
Women's Head | c.1473 | |
Head of a Young Woman | c. 1506 - 1508 | |
John the Baptist | c.1515 | Oil on Panel |
Madonna Litta | c. 1490-91 | Tempera on Canvas, transferred from panel |
Muscles of the neck and shoulders | c. 1515 | |
Portrait of a Lady from the Court of Milan, called La Belle Ferronniere | 1490-95 | Oil on wood |
Portrait of Isabella d'Este | 1500 | chalk,paper |
Self-Portrait | c. 1512 | Red chalk |
Cats, lions, and a dragon | 1517-18 | Paper |
Study of Grotesque Heads | c.1494 | Ink on Paper |
study of the porportions of the head and body | c.1490 | metalpoint,paper |
The Annunciation | c.1472 | Oil on Panel,tempera,wood |
The Dreyfus Madonna | c. 1469 | Oil on panel |
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne | c.1503 - c.1519 | Oil on Panel |
Portrait of Ginevra Benci | c.1474 | Oil on Wood |
Study for the Last Supper | c.1494 | Ink on Paper |
The Adoration of the Magi | 1480 | Oil on Panel |
The Last Supper | 1495 | plaster,tempera |