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| Decoding Da Vinci Limelight Magazine |
501 years have passed since Leonardo da Vinci, a prominent figure in the Renaissance, passed away. His genius allowed him to leave his mark on the era, being a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer.
Leonardo da Vinci's personality also proved to be tender 500 years after his
death, on May 2, 1519.
Two Italian experts will perform a DNA test using a strand of hair believed to belong to da Vinci. The strand comes from a private collection in the United States and will be exhibited starting Thursday at the Leonardo Davinci Museum of Ideals in Vinci, the city in Tuscany where the famous artist was born.
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| Decoding Da Vinci Death 500 years tribute Limelight Magazine |
Scientists believe that the DNA analysis could dispel any doubts about the artist's remains, which are said to have been discovered in a tomb in Amboise, France.
Da Vinci was originally buried in the chapel of Saint Florentin in the Amboise Castle in the Loire Valley. But the tomb was destroyed during the French Revolution and the bones are believed to have been moved to a smaller chapel (Saint-Hubert) of the same castle. However, so far it has never been established with certainty that these are Leonardo's remains.
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| Leonardo da Vinci's Tomb Atlas Obscura |
Leonardo Da Vinci lived in France for the last three years of his life, at the invitation of King Francis I.
Born on April 15, 1452, Leonardo is considered one of the most important personalities of the Renaissance. Famous both as a painter and as a sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer, da Vinci reflected his aspirations for a practical approach to the theoretical fields specific to his time.
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| Chapel of Saint Hubert, Amboise (Illustration) - Ancient History Encyclopedia |
We have all heard of "
The Vitruvian Man" and "
The Mona Lisa", some of the works that made da Vinci known throughout the world. Mona Lisa has always generated discussion among scientists and artists, all trying to find out more about the woman with the look "following you around the room" and has an unmistakable smile.
According to the most widespread hypothesis, the model of the painting was named
Lisa Gherardini, born in
1479, in Florence. A descendant of a modest family, she married at the age of 16 the son of a cloth merchant, himself a merchant, Francesco di Bartolomeo del Giocondo, and gave him three children.
When, in 1503, Francesco del Giocondo moved to a more spacious apartment on Via del Stufa and decided to make a portrait of his wife, he turned to Leonardo da Vinci. Francesco never received his commissioned work.
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