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Leonardo da Vinci vs Raphael

Two painters, their most-loved works next to each other. Facts from museum records and Wikipedia.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian polymath (1452–1519)

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
Works here
15
Dated
1472–1514
Main era
Early Renaissance
Where to see
Louvre, Czartoryski Museum, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Hermitage Museum

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.

Raphael

Italian painter and architect (1483–1520)

Sistine Madonna by Raphael
Works here
18
Dated
1500–1519
Main era
High Renaissance & Mannerism
Where to see
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Galleria Palatina, Uffizi Gallery

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, now generally known in English as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.

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