1452 – 1519 Leonardo da Vinci (apr 14, 1452 – may 2, 1519)
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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, more commonly known as Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, palaeontology, and cartography.He is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time, despite perhaps only 15 of his paintings having survived.
The Mona Lisa is the most famous of his works and the most popular portrait ever made.
The Last Supper is the most reproduced religious painting of all time and his Vitruvian Man drawing is regarded as a cultural icon as well.
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apr 14, 1452
may 2, 1519
~ 67 years