Despite being a prolific draughtsman, fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo survive. But which were his greatest hits?

Leonardo da Vinci's time in Venice, although brief, left a significant mark. In 1500, he was invited by the Doge to assess the city’s defences and design new systems against Turkish invasions.

It’s no mean feat to be history’s most famous polymath, but Leonardo da Vinci surely takes the title ... smokey texture of his paintings. He died in France in 1519 at the age of 67.

His father, Ser Piero da Vinci, held elevated ... “and made something real out of it.” Leonardo’s final foray, in the fall of 1516, took him to Amboise, France, where King Francis I, an ...

In 1516, he invited the 64-year-old Leonardo da Vinci to France, installing him at the Château de Cloux near the royal castle at Amboise and providing him with a generous salary. Unlike Leonardo ...

Leonardo da Vinci is getting the Hollywood treatment ... The polymath spent his final years in France, living near Amboise on the Loire River and working under Francis I as a painter, architect ...

During its meeting of 6 February 2025, the VINCI Board of Directors set the terms of a capital increase reserved for the Group’s France-based employees, this operation falling within the ...

Rome and finally France, he pours the sum of his scientific and artistic knowledge into a portrait that would become the most famous painting on earth. You might know that Leonardo da Vinci was a ...