Leonardo da Vinci

1452-1519

For the incoronation of King Francis kings Leonardo had designed a mechanical lion automaton that actually walked. Soon thereafter, Leonardo would become "first painter and engineer, and architect of the king." for his final employer, Francis the 1st. in France. He was given his own private residence and studio, in which he taught, and continued work on his studies, drawings, and sketches. At this point, Leonardo was quite aged, and even though he was left-handed, paralysis of his right hand made it very difficult for him to work.

On the 2nd day of may, 1519, at the age of 67, Leonardo da Vinci died, with King Francis at his side.

Painter, sculptor, draughtsman, architect, engineer, anatomist, physicist, astronomer, observer of life in all its forms, and most of all, great thinker. Leonardo is one of our history's most admired geniuses, centuries ahead of his time, one of the first artists to seamlessly merge science and art. Although he only completed 6 major paintings in his entire career, they include some of the most important images ever known.

"As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death."
Leonardo da Vinci

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