The famous works of Leonardo da Vinci

The famous works of Leonardo da Vinci


As an artist, Leonardo da Vinci created littlecreations, but in all the works there remains an indelible stamp of incredible genius, which the world has not seen since. This author is a true genius of world art, whose name the history of world culture will preserve forever.



The famous works of Leonardo da Vinci


"Figures of angels" is the first known workLeonardo still those times when he was a disciple of the great Verrocchio. It is a fragment of the big picture "Baptism." Da Vinci portrayed two boys aged 7 - 8 years with nimbuses above their heads.

"Madonna of Benoit" ("Madonna with a Flower"). The first approach of genius to the eternal theme of motherhood. It depicts a young mother with a one-year-old child. This work is stored in the Hermitage.

Unfinished picture "Adoration of the Magi". In the center of the picture is the Virgin Mary painted with a small Christ in her arms, which reached out to the gift of the kneeling sorcerer. All the details have not been traced, but in the unfinished form the work amazes with the grandeur and truthfulness of that event.

The great multi-faceted work "The Last Supper"Da Vinci is also a masterpiece. It depicts Jesus Christ with his 12 apostles behind a huge stone table. All faces and figures are, after complete detailing, portraits, combined into one composition. The passions that are inherent in people are guessed by Leonardo and transmitted with utmost truthfulness.

The immortal "Gioconda" is one of the mostfamous creations of Leonardo da Vinci. The famous portrait of Mona Lisa with a disappearing and re-emerging mysterious smile. The look is strict and gentle, deep and naive. All the complexity of female nature is transferred to the greatest of artists.

Among other brilliant works of Leonardo da Vinciwe can distinguish the following: "Madonna with Saint Anna", "Portrait of a Musician", "Madonna in the Grotto", "Portrait of a Lady with an Ermine", "Landscape" (drawing with a pen), "Self-portrait" (Sangin), the death of a sculpture by Francesco Sforza on horse.