Leonardo da Vinci

Last Supper, Mona Lisa

The universal genius. Painter, engineer, anatomist, inventor — his notebooks reveal a mind of terrifying range. The handful of finished paintings he left behind changed what painting could do: sfumato, psychological depth, the living surface.

Key works

• Last Supper~1498— Dramatic narrative in a single moment
  Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
• Mona Lisa~1503–1519— The most famous painting in the world
  Louvre, Paris
• Vitruvian Man~1490— The body as cosmic measure
  Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

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