Artist

Leonardo da Vinci

1452–1519 · born in Vinci · died in Amboise

Leonardo da Vinci was born in the village of Vinci, near Florence, in 1452. He painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, but he was also a scientist, engineer and inventor who filled notebooks with ideas for flying machines and anatomy. He worked in Florence, Milan, Rome and France, where he died in 1519.