Leonardo da Vinci in Milan and Florence: Last Supper to Mona Lisa (1495–1519)

1. Leonardo begins The Last Supper in Milan

   Jan 1, 1495Labels: Leonardo da, Santa Maria, Duke Ludovico

   • Britannica

2. Leonardo completes The Last Supper

   Jan 1, 1498Labels: The Last, Leonardo da, Santa Maria

   • Britannica

3. Leonardo decorates the Sala delle Asse

   Jan 1, 1498Labels: Sala delle, Castello Sforzesco, Leonardo da

   • Sala delle Asse

4. Fall of Sforza rule prompts Leonardo’s departure

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: Ludovico Sforza, French invasion, Leonardo da

   • Britannica

5. Leonardo drafts Isabella d’Este portrait in Mantua

   Feb 1, 1500Labels: Isabella d, Mantua, Leonardo da

   • U Michigan
   • Isabella drawing

6. Leonardo returns to Florence and resumes public work

   Mar 1, 1500Labels: Florence, Leonardo da, public commissions

   • Britannica

7. Leonardo begins the Mona Lisa portrait

   Jan 1, 1503Labels: Mona Lisa, Leonardo da, Florence

   • Britannica

8. Florence commissions the Battle of Anghiari mural

   May 1, 1503Labels: Battle of, Palazzo Vecchio, Florentine government

   • Anghiari Museum
   • Battle page

9. Vespucci note links Mona Lisa and public commissions

   Oct 1, 1503Labels: Agostino Vespucci, Mona Lisa, Lisa del

   • Vespucci note

10. Leonardo starts and then abandons Battle of Anghiari

    Jan 1, 1505Labels: Battle of, Leonardo da, Palazzo Vecchio

    • Anghiari Museum
    • Battle page

11. Leonardo returns to Milan under French patronage

    Jan 1, 1506Labels: French Milan, Leonardo da, Virgin of

    • Britannica
    • National Gallery

12. Second Virgin of the Rocks completed for payment

    Jan 1, 1508Labels: Virgin of, Leonardo da

    • National Gallery
    • NG record

13. Leonardo relocates to Rome with Medici support

    Dec 1, 1513Labels: Rome, Giuliano de, Leonardo da

    • IMSS
    • Leonardo 500

14. Leonardo leaves Italy for France with key paintings

    Jan 1, 1516Labels: France, King Francis, Leonardo da

    • Louvre Press
    • Britannica

15. Leonardo dies; Mona Lisa remains in his studio

    May 2, 1519Labels: Leonardo da, Mona Lisa, 1519 death

    • Britannica