Leonardo Da Vinci
...nd engineer. He stayed in Milan for seventeen years. There he completed five paintings: two portraits of the 'Last Supper', two versions of 'The Virgin of the Rocks', and a decorative ceiling painting in the Castello Sforzesco. In Florence, he was commissioned to alot of paintings but other things were getting in his way. The most well known piece to survive from this time period was the famous "Mona Lisa". During the years 1513 to 1516, Leonardo was in Rome at the invitation of Cardinal Giuliano de' Medici, brother of Pope Leo X. His work in painting and sculpture over the next seven years remained mostly in the planning stage. He continued his notebooks with observations and drawings of human anatomy, optics, mechanics, and botanical studies. No matter where you go in the world, everyone knows of the "Mona Lisa". The picture is on stamps, shirts, posters, and just about anything else you can think of. It one of the most well renowned paintings in the world. This piece is unusual because of the mystery of the painting. To this day no one knows whether the woman in the painting wa...