Biography Leonardo da Vinci ( ), Italian painter, sculptor, architect, scientist and engineer. Founder of the artistic culture of the High Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci has developed as a master, studying with Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence.

Scientist and engineer As a scientist and engineer, he has enriched almost every field of science at that time. Bright representative of a new, science-based experiment of Leonardo da Vinci paid special attention to the mechanics, seeing in it the key to the mysteries of the universe, its brilliant design insights were far ahead of his day period

Famous painting Portrait of Madame Lisa Giocondo painting by Leonardo da Vinci, located in the Louvre, one of the most famous paintings in the world, which is believed to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardino, wife of the silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo Florence, written around the year

Madonna Litta The work was written for the rulers of Milan, then moved to Litta family, and for several centuries was in their private collection. Original title of the painting - "Madonna and Child." The modern name of the film comes from the name of its owner - Count Litta, the owner of a family art gallery in Milan. In 1864 he went to the Hermitage with a proposal to buy it, along with several other paintings. In 1865, together with the other three pictures. Madonna Litta Hermitage was purchased for 100 thousand francs.

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