Paintings in the 1480s
by LEONARDO da Vinci

Leonardo lived in Milan from 1482 to until 1499 working mainly at the court of Duke Ludovico Sforza (Il Moro). His paintings in the 1480s included portraits, notably the marvellous picture of Duke Ludovico's mistress Cecilia Gallerani known as the Lady with an Ermine and an altarpiece of the Virgin of the Rocks, which exists in two problematically related versions, the earlier (Louvre, Paris) possibly painted when Leonardo still was in Florence, the later (National Gallery, London) still being worked on in 1508.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Adoration of the Magi
1481-82
Charcoal, watercolour, ink and oil on wood, 244 x 240 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

1400*1353
True Color
294 Kb



Virgin of the Rocks
1483-86
Oil on panel, 199 x 122 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

946*1500
True Color
170 Kb



Virgin of the Rocks (detail)
1483-86
Oil on panel
Musée du Louvre, Paris

804*1124
True Color
153 Kb



Virgin of the Rocks (detail)
1483-86
Oil on panel
Musée du Louvre, Paris

807*1076
True Color
118 Kb



Virgin of the Rocks
1495-1508
Oil on panel, 189,5 x 120 cm
National Gallery, London

1100*1770
True Color
232 Kb



Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani (Lady with an Ermine)
1483-90
Oil on wood, 55 x 40 cm
Czartoryski Museum, Cracow

1100*1490
True Color
161 Kb



Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani (detail)
1483-90
Oil on wood
Czartoryski Museum, Cracow

803*972
True Color
122 Kb




Summary of works by Leonardo
Paintings
early work | in the 1480s | in the 1490s | late work | copies
Studies to paintings
Battle of Anghiari | studies (1) | studies (2) | heads | various
Other studies
anatomy | nature | engineering | maps | architecture | sculpture