Painter, sculptor, architect,
scientist, musician and humanist of his time (XV-XVI centuries), initiator of
the second Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci is the very figure of the universal
genius. After the completion of The Virgin with the Rocks, for the chapel San
Francesco Grande, and that of the Equestrian Statue of Francesco Sforza, he
found glory throughout Italy. The Last Supper, the ceiling of the Sforza
Palace, the Mona Lisa and the Battle of Anghiari are a few of his great
artworks. Leonardo also carried out a large amount of studies on zoology,
botany, anatomy, geology. In 1516, he joined the court of Francis I, where he
participated in urban planning projects. He is taken by an illness on
May 2, 1519.
