Leonardo da Vinci: Media
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Videos
The Life and Work of Leonardo da Vinci
This video examines the life and works of the Renaissance artist and inventor Leonardo...
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Unraveling the Mystery Behind the Mona Lisa
Overview of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, with a discussion of the sitter's...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Who Was the Subject of the Mona Lisa?
Learn about efforts to identify the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona...
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The Life and Works of Leonardo da Vinci
Listen to researchers discuss the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Images
Leonardo da Vinci: Self-portrait
Self-portrait, drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1517–18; in the Royal Library, Turin,...
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Leonardo da Vinci: Ginevra de' Benci
Ginevra de' Benci, oil on panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/78; in the...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund; accession no. 1967.6.1.a)
Leonardo da Vinci: Adoration of the Magi (San Donato in Scopeto)
Adoration of the Magi (San Donato in Scopeto), drawing in charcoal, watercolor...
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Virgin of the Rocks
The Virgin of the Rocks (also called The Virgin, the Child Jesus, Saint...
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Virgin of the Rocks
The Virgin of the Rocks, oil on wood by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1491/2–99...
The Picture Art Collection/Alamy
Leonardo da Vinci: Lady with an Ermine
Lady with an Ermine, oil on panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1489; in the...
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Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper
Last Supper, wall painting by Leonardo da Vinci, 1495–98, after its restoration...
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Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper
Last Supper, wall painting by Leonardo da Vinci, 1495–98, before the restoration...
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Leonardo da Vinci: Salvator Mundi
Salvator Mundi, oil on walnut panel believed to have been painted by Leonardo...
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Leonardo da Vinci: The fetus in the womb
The fetus in the womb; sketches and notes on reproduction, chalk, pen, ink, and wash...
History & Art Collection/Alamy
Leonardo da Vinci: Vitruvian Man
Vitruvian Man, silverpoint and pen and ink drawing by Leonardo da Vinci,...
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Virgin, the Child Jesus, and St. Anne
The Virgin, the Child Jesus, and St. Anne, oil on wood by Leonardo da Vinci,...
The Picture Art Collection/Alamy
Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, 1503–19; in the Louvre,...
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Leonardo da Vinci: Screw-cutting machine
Screw-cutting machine, drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500; in the Bibliothèque...
Courtesy of the Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France, Paris; photograph, The Science Museum, London
Leonardo da Vinci: Operation of a mechanical wing
Reproduction of a page from the notebook of Leonardo da Vinci showing the operation...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (file no. LC-USZ62-110330)
Leonardo da Vinci: Ornithopter
Leonardo da Vinci's plans for an ornithopter, a flying machine kept aloft by the...
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Leonardo da Vinci: Head of a Young Girl
Head of a Young Girl (also called La Scapigliata), white lead with...
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Leonardo da Vinci: Adoration of the Magi
Linear perspective study for the Adoration of the Magi, metalpoint, pen,...
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Self-portrait, drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1490/1515–16; in the Royal...
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
Leonardo da Vinci: The Virgin of the Rocks
The Virgin of the Rocks, oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci, 1483–86; in...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–19;...
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Leonardo da Vinci: Vitruvian Man
Vitruvian Man, drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1490; in the Gallerie...
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Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper
Last Supper, wall painting by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1495–98, before...
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aviation: airplane
Although the airplane was not invented until the early 20th century, Leonardo da...
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Leonardo da Vinci
A self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci shows how he looked in 1512. The chalk drawing...
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
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