By: Amy RichardsBy: Amy Richards

Leonardo da Leonardo da Vinci was born Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci, in 1452 in Vinci, Republic of Republic of Florence [now Florence [now Italy]. He was Italy]. He was considered one considered one of the greatest of the greatest painters of the painters of the renaissance renaissance and one of the and one of the greatest artists greatest artists of all time. This of all time. This is one of his is one of his earlier earlier paintings.paintings.

Ginevra de’ Benci: 1474

The Adoration of the Magi

1481-1482

Lady with an Ermine: 1483 – 1490

This painting was made This painting was made with oil on wood.with oil on wood.

The Last Supper : made in 1498

Mona Lisa : 1503-1506

This painting is This painting is probably da Vinci’s probably da Vinci’s most famous paintings. most famous paintings. It is known all around It is known all around the world. Thethe world. The Mona Lisa, also known as, also known as La Giocanda, is a portrait , is a portrait of a woman dressed in of a woman dressed in the Florentine fashion the Florentine fashion of the day, and is of the day, and is seated in a seated in a mountainous mountainous landscape.landscape.

The Virgin of the Rocks

1503-1506

This painting was done by This painting was done by da Vinci at the same time da Vinci at the same time as the as the Mona Lisa. Da Vinci Da Vinci died a few years later on died a few years later on

May 2, 1519.May 2, 1519.