What Happened in 1478

Leonardo da Vinci Paints The Benois Madonna

Madonna and Child with Flowers, otherwise known as the Benois Madonna, could be one of two Madonnas started by Leonardo da Vinci, as he remarked... Read more

Leonardo da Vinci Paints the Madonna of the Carnation

The Madonna of the Carnation, a.k.a. Madonna with vase or Madonna with child, is an oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci created sometime around... Read more

Leonardo da Vinci Sketches the Self-Propelled Cart

For many years, folio 812r of the Codex Atlanticus was considered as Leonardo’s famous “automobile” project. Only recently has it revealed its true... Read more