Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci, Italy. He apprenticed under the sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence from 1466-1472, where he learned painting techniques. Some of his early works include assisting with "Baptism of Christ" and his first solo work "the perspective of disappearance" in 1473. Da Vinci lived in Milan from 1482-1499 where he painted "The Last Supper" and worked on many unfinished projects. He is renowned for works like "Mona Lisa", which displays his mastery of the sfumato technique, and "The Virgin of the Rocks". Da Vinci later lived in France, where
2. • Born in Vinci, Tuscany,
Italy (15th
Apr. 1452)
• Mother – Catarina, father –
Ser Piero, a public notary
• Went to school there,
studied geometry and Latin
• He lived there until he was
14
• Then moved to Florence
where he began an
apprenticeship in the
workshop of Verrocchio.
3. • started an apprenticeship in
the workshop of Andrea del
Verrocchio 1466 (sculptor,
painter, goldsmith, bronze
caster and more)
• the mixing of colors and
then he painted simple parts
of paintings, taught himself
to paint in oils at this time
• In June 1472 - listed in the
red book of painters from
Florence, end of
apprenticeship.
4. • Leonardo da Vinci’s
first known and dated
work (5th of August
1473)
• "the perspective of
disappearance".
