History At Best
TITLE: LEONARDO DA VINCI’S GINEVRA DE BENCI PORTRAIT. DATE: 1473 DA VINCI’S AGE: 21 PATRON: Ginevra de’ Benci She was an aristocrat. PAINTING USED FOR: Portrait. :Leonardo’s first known portrait painting! The bottom of the painting, which…
TITLE: THE LAST SUPPER DATE: BEGAN: 1495 FINISHED: 1498 (3 YEARS) DA VINCI’S AGE: BEGAN: 43 FINISHED: 46 PATRON: Ludovico Sforza (Duke of Milan) / Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie PAINTING USED FOR: This huge wall…
DATE: BEGAN: 1503 FINISHED: 1507 (4 YEARS) LEONARDO’S AGE: BEGAN: 51 FINISHED: 55 PATRON: Lisa del Gioconda PAINTING: The Mona Lisa Lisa was a middle class housewife married to a successful Silk-merchant. She was pregnant at the…