Madonna Litta, Leonardo da Vinci Fine Art Card

Oil on canvas (transferred from panel), 42 × 33 cm. Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance man, a man whose unquenchable curiosity was equalled only by his powers of invention. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.