Artist Record

Leonardo da Vinci

1452–1519 · Open Access Reference Artist

About the Artist

Italian Renaissance artist, thinker and inventor whose practice joined painting, drawing, observation and scientific inquiry. His surviving works, including the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, are celebrated for their psychological subtlety, atmospheric effects and sustained investigation of the natural world.

Short curatorial biography · reviewed 2026-09-11

Works in the Museum