Leonardo Da Vinci

By ihes54
  • Apr 15, 1452

    Birth

    Birth
    Leonardo Da Vinci was born April 15, 1452 in Tuscany, Italy. His parents were Ser Piero and Caterina.
  • 1466

    Studio Apprentice

    Studio Apprentice
    Around 1466 at the age of 14. Leonardo became a garzone or a studio apprentice in Italy. His father introduced him to Andrea del Verrocchio and the workshop he worked in was called Verrocchio and was the the leading painter and sculpture. At the age of 17, he became an apprentice of Andrea del Verrocchio.
  • 1472

    Teenage Apprentice

    Teenage Apprentice
    After five years, Leonardo got accepted to a academy about art in Florence, Italy but he decided to stay pedagogue's workshop. He then moved nine years later to work independently in Florence, Italy.
  • 1482

    Independent life

    Independent life
    Leonardo moved to Milan and got a job for city duke. He was told to paint the Adoration of the Magi and St. Bernard Chapel by the duke. He gave up on them because he had other reasons to come to Milan.
  • 1488

    Teacher's Death

    Teacher's Death
    His teacher Verrochio who taught him to be an apprentice at art and sculpting dies in 1488.
  • 1490

    Bronze horse and books

    Bronze horse and books
    In 1490, Leonardo starts working on a bronze horse for Ludovico Sforza his patron and starts writing books on hydraulic works and landscape.
  • 1495

    Last Supper

    Last Supper
    Leonardo starts painting the Last Supper in the Santa Maria Delle Grazie in Milan.
  • 1498

    Flying Machine

    Flying Machine
    Leonardo attempts to make a flying machine but fails and also paints the roofs and walls in Sala Delle Asse.
  • 1499

    Leonardo's departure of Milan

    Leonardo's departure of Milan
    The French army conquers Milan and Leonardo and his friend Pacioli go to Mantua and then on to Florence.
  • 1502

    Military Engineer

    Military Engineer
    Leonardo becomes a military engineer for Cesare Borgia's military engineer and creates stuff designs military stuff like guns, catapults, and transportation.
  • 1505

    Mona Lisa

    Mona Lisa
    Leonardo again try's to make a flying machine but fails again and starts to paint the Mona Lisa which he finishes later in 1505 and later becomes what he is known for most.
  • 1506

    New friend

    New friend
    French governor Charles D'Amboise invites Leonardo to Milan in May to live with him and they become good friends.
  • May 2, 1519

    Death

    Death
    Leonardo dies May 2,1519 in Cloux