During his time in Milan, he also began to study dead bodies and worked as a military engineer secretly. At this time, he produced one of the most famous works in all art history, the Last Supper. Leonardo painted several outstanding works in Milan, such as the Virgin of the Rock. Leonardo impressed the Duke, and he presented himself as a skilled engineer. However, the work was unfinished because he was invited to Milan by its powerful Duke. This work made him famous in Florence and beyond. In 1481 his reputation rebounded after he painted the Adoration of the Magi. Leonardo had the charges dropped, but his reputation suffered. He was accused of being gay at this time, and if he had been found guilty, he could have been executed. In either 1477/1488, Leonardo set up his studio and soon was receiving significant commissions.

His artistic style was considered to be extraordinarily original because of his unique use of light and shade. After completing his apprenticeship, he became an assistant to Verrocchio, and his extraordinary skills became well-known. He was one of the leading artists of his day and greatly influenced the young Leonardo, especially in his dynamic representations of the human figure. While he received little or no formal education as a child, at 15, he was apprenticed to Andrea del Verrocchio (1435вЂ“1488). He could not legally bear his fatherвЂ™s surname, so he was named after his native village, Vinci. His parents were not married, and Leonardo was illegitimate, which carried a great deal of social stigma at the time. His father was a wealthy lawyer, and his mother was a peasant woman. Leonardo was born in 1452, in the village of Vinci, outside the city of Florence. While he was also a great inventor, but his inventions had little impact on his own era. His interest in science and experiment inspired many humanists to study the world and nature. He decisively influenced artistic trends in his own time and the later Renaissance. The Florentine artist and polymath made a decisive contribution to this epoch. Leonardo is recognized as making a unique contribution to the Renaissance, that period of time that saw the re-birth of learning and a move to a secular worldview. Leonardo da Vinci was the quintessential Renaissance man. While some of this work was done in secret, he also was a prominent artist, architect, and engineer. Not only is he regarded as one of the greatest artists who ever lived, but he made remarkable contributions to engineering, architecture, science, urban planning, cartography, philosophy, and anatomy during the Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a critical figure in the late Renaissance.

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