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Leonardo
Da Vinci's Life (1452-1519)
1450
- Leonardo is born in Vinci, April
15, 1452
1460
- Childhood in Vinci
- Goes to Florence, is an apprentice
in the studio of Verrocchio (1469)
1470
- Becomes a member of the
corporation of painters (1472)
- Completes his first known drawing,
"La valle dell'Arno" ("The Arno
Valley") (1473)
- Paints an angel in Verrocchio's
"Baptism of Christ" (1475)
- Paints "The
Annunciation" (1477)
- Portrait of Ginevra de'Benci
(1478)
1480
- Paints "San Gerolamo"
and "The Adoration of the Magi" (1481)
- Leaves Florence for Milan, in the
service of Ludovico Sforza (1482-3)
- Paints the "Virgin of the
Rocks" (1483-6)
- Begins to explore human flight
(1486)
- Anatomical drawings in the
manuscripts (1488-9)
1490
- Designs a flying machine (1492)
- Works on the giant equestrian
statue of Francesco Sforza (1493)
- Studies the resistance of various
types of arcades (1494)
- Paints the second "Virgin of
the Rocks" (1494)
- Paints "The Last Supper"
(1495)
- Meets mathematician Luca Pacioli,
with whom he studies Euclid (1496)
- Paints "Madonna and Child
with St. Anne" (1499)
- Leaves Milan (1499) to return to
Florence, stops in Mantua and Venice (1500)
1500
- Cesare Borgia assumes Leonardo as
military engineer (1502)
- Designs war machines and draws
topographical maps (1502-3)
- Draws studies for "The Battle
of Anghiari" (1503-6)
- Paints "Mona Lisa"
(1504?)
- Studies the flight of birds,
designs flying machines, and tries to square the
circle (1505)
- Studies fluid elements: water, air
and fire (1506-8)
- Returns to Milan (1508)
- Paints "St. Anne" (1509)
1510
- Undertakes detailed anatomical
research (1510)
- Goes to Rome seeking the patronage
of the new pope, Leo X (1513)
- Constructs a mechanical lion for
the incoronation of Francis I, King of France
(1515)
- Paints "Self-Portrait"
(1515)
- Goes to the court of Francis I,
Amboise (1516)
- Designs a palace in Romorantin
(1517)
Dies in Amboise, May 2, 1519.
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