Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452-1519)
Leonardo was born in a city called Vinci, it was located in the central Italy.
He is a example of a "Renaissance man". Because he knew much abort
painting, sculpture, engineering, architecture and poetry. He filled thousands
of notebooks with his sketches and ideas.
Leonardo's most famous painting, Mona Lisa, is a portrait of a woman called Lisa, who was the wife of a rich noble from Florence.
For the last three years of his life, Leonardo went to live at the court of the French king, Francis I, where he was honoured as a genius. He took Mona Lisa with him. That's why we can find the painting in the Louvre museum in Paris.
Here is some of his famous drawings: (Click to enlarge the images)
Specail things:
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Do u notice that she is staring at
you?
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