Leonardo da Vinci

1452–1519

Selected works

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High RenaissanceItaly

Leonardo da Vinci worked across painting, drawing, engineering and the study of nature. Trained in Andrea del Verrocchio's Florentine workshop, he later worked in Milan, returned to Florence, and spent his final years in France. His notebooks connect artistic practice with investigations of anatomy, movement, geometry and mechanical design. Paintings such as The Virgin of the Rocks and The Last Supper explore how gesture and expression convey thought. His drawings make that process of observation and revision especially visible. The selected works here pair a painted portrait with studies of heads, an animal and religious compositions, showing several aspects of his working methods.

Influenced by

Andrea del Verrocchiodocumented
Evidence
National Gallery technical research identifies Leonardo’s training in Verrocchio’s workshop and technical practices inherited from his master.
- National Gallery, Londoninfluences
  National Gallery technical research identifies Leonardo’s training in Verrocchio’s workshop and technical practices inherited from his master.

Later influence

Connections are still being researched.

Sources & research notes 13

Wikidata (CC0)authority enrichment
Wikidata CC0: aliases, short description and non-deprecated P135 movement associations. No influence claims inferred. Review required.
National Gallery, Londonbiography
Original concise biography based on this museum account, with observations about Artline’s selected works.
National Gallery, Londonbiography
Supplementary museum research for the training and influence discussion.
National Gallery of Artcatalogue authority
NGA stable constituent ID 1479; source display: Florentine, 1452 - 1519. Existing editorial identity and biography retained; new activity interval uses dated selected works, not invented life dates.
National Gallery, Londongeography
Geographic affiliations reviewed against the museum biography; country labels are modern reference geography, not claims of historical citizenship.
National Gallery, Londonidentity
Artist identity reviewed against this museum biography.
Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)identity
Pantheon 2025 by Datawheel, CC BY-SA 4.0; Yu et al. (2016), Scientific Data 2:150075, doi:10.1038/sdata.2015.75. Adapted selection ranked by HPI; popularity is not artistic quality. Source dates are not independently reviewed; existing editorial dates are preserved.
National Gallery, Londonmovements
Primary movement is an editorial classification within Artline’s existing taxonomy, informed by this account of the artist’s period and practice.
Museum authority country reviewmuseum country review 20260913
Country affiliation: Italy (IT).
Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)ranking
Pantheon 2025 by Datawheel, CC BY-SA 4.0; Yu et al. (2016), Scientific Data 2:150075, doi:10.1038/sdata.2015.75. Adapted selection ranked by HPI; popularity is not artistic quality. Source dates are not independently reviewed; existing editorial dates are preserved.
Musée du Louvretimeline dates
Starter authority link; record remains in review.
National Gallery, Londontimeline dates
Life dates reviewed; approximate or uncertain dates remain qualified.
Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)timeline dates
Pantheon 2025 by Datawheel, CC BY-SA 4.0; Yu et al. (2016), Scientific Data 2:150075, doi:10.1038/sdata.2015.75. Adapted selection ranked by HPI; popularity is not artistic quality. Source dates are not independently reviewed; existing editorial dates are preserved.

Artwork record: Leonardo da Vinci

The Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing Right

1510–13

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Dating: Date range
Made in: Not yet establishedNot documented in this source; not inferred from the museum location.
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Black chalk, charcoal, and red chalk, with some traces of white chalk (?); some remains of framing lines in pen and brown ink at upper right (not by Leonardo)
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 x 6 1/8 in. (20.3 x 15.6 cm)
Collection no.: 51.90
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1951. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0. Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression to at most 100,000 bytes; no crop or generated content.

About this artwork

Location checked Oct 3, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

Artwork sources

The Metropolitan Museum of Artdate and location
Official object metadata. The Met designates this object isHighlight=true. This is not a current-display assertion.
The Metropolitan Museum of Artpublication review
Museum object record reviewed for attribution, dating and holding. This records collection membership, not current display. Existing image source, rights evidence and earlier citations are preserved.
The Metropolitan Museum of Artresearch details
Official collection metadata; attribution follows named catalogue, not an independent authenticity determination. Holdings are not ownership or current display. Source attribution requires editorial validation. No inferred masterpiece or current-display claim. Source object IDs are not substituted for accession numbers. Attribution: primary Source material: Black chalk, charcoal, and red chalk, with some traces of white chalk (?); some remains of framing outline in pen and brown ink at upper right (not by Leonardo). Object dimensions: Sheet: 8 x 6 1/8 in. (20.3 x 15.6 cm). Creation-place metadata (not inferred from subject): . Original/alternate titles: . Source publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Source updated: . Source date: 1510–13. Existing nonempty values, title and dates not overwritten.
The Metropolitan Museum of Artresearch record
Official collection metadata; attribution follows named catalogue, not an independent authenticity determination. Holdings are not ownership or current display. Source attribution requires editorial validation. No inferred masterpiece or current-display claim. Source object IDs are not substituted for accession numbers. Attribution: primary Source date: 1510–13. Access: Official object record from reviewed inventory. Source update: unknown (not substituted with retrieval date)

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