List of Works By Leonardo Da Vinci - Major Extant Works

Major Extant Works

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Annunciation
The Annunciation
Oil and tempera on poplar panel
98 × 217 cm
Florence, Uffizi
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Generally accepted
Generally thought to be the earliest extant work by Leonardo. The work was traditionally attributed to Verrocchio until 1869. It is now almost universally attributed to Leonardo. Attribution proposed by Liphart, accepted by Bode, Lubke, Muller-Walde, Berenson, Clark, Goldscheider and others.
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c. 1473–4 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1472–6 (Syson 2011)
c. 1473–5 (Zöllner 2011)
c. 1472–5, probably 1473–4 (Marani 2000)
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Baptism of Christ
The Baptism of Christ
Oil and tempera on poplar panel
177 × 151 cm
Florence, Uffizi
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Verrocchio and Leonardo
Painted by Andrea del Verrocchio, with the angel on the left-hand side by Leonardo. It is generally considered that Leonardo also painted much of the background landscape and the torso of Christ. One of Leonardo's earliest extant works. Vasari's statement that the angel on the left is by Leonardo is confirmed by studies by Bode, Seidlitz and Guthman, and accepted by McCurdy, Wasserman and others.
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c. 1476 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1470–2 and c. 1475 (Zöllner 2011)
probably 1475–8 (Marani 2000)
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Madonna of the Carnation
Madonna of the Carnation
Tempera (?) and oil on poplar panel
62 × 47.5 cm
Munich, Alte Pinakothek
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Generally accepted
It is generally accepted as a Leonardo, but has some overpainting possibly by a Flemish artist.
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c. 1475–6 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1477–8 (Syson 2011)
c. 1472–8 (?) (Zöllner 2011)
between 1473 and 1478 (Marani 2000)
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Ginevra de' Benci
Ginevra de' Benci
Oil and tempera on poplar panel
38.8 × 36.7 cm, 15.3 × 14.4 in
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art
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Generally accepted
The work was proposed as a Leonardo by Waagen in 1866, and supported by Bode. Early 20th-century scholars were vociferous in their disagreement, but most current critics accept both the authorship and the identity of the sitter.
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c. 1476–8 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1474 / 1478 (Syson 2011)
c. 1478–80 (Zöllner 2011)
c. 1474 / 1475–6 (Marani 2000)
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Benois Madonna
Benois Madonna
Oil on wood panel, transferred to canvas
49.5 × 33 cm
St Petersburg, Hermitage
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Generally accepted
Most critics believe that it coincides with a Madonna mentioned by Leonardo in 1478.
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c. 1479–80 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1481 onwards (Syson 2011)
c. 1478–80 (Zöllner 2011)
probably after March 1481 (Marani 2000)
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Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi (unfinished)
Oil (underpainting) on wood panel
240 × 250 cm, 96 × 97 in
Florence, Uffizi
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Universally accepted
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c. 1479–81 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1480–2 (Syson 2011)
1481/2 (Zöllner 2011)
1481 (Marani 2000)
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S. Jerome in the Wilderness
St. Jerome in the Wilderness (unfinished)
Tempera and oil on walnut panel
103 × 75 cm, 41 × 30 in
Vatican Museums
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Universally accepted
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c. 1480–2 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1488–90 (Syson 2011)
c. 1480–2 (Zöllner 2011)
probably c. 1480 (Marani 2000)
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Madonna Litta
Madonna Litta
Tempera (and oil?) on poplar panel
42 × 33 cm
St Petersburg, Hermitage
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Leonardo and another artist?
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c. 1481–97 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1491–5 (Syson 2011)
c. 1490 (Zöllner 2011)
not in checklist of Marani 2000
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Virgin of the Rocks
Virgin of the Rocks (Louvre Version)
Oil on wood panel, transferred to canvas
199 × 122 cm, 78.3 × 48.0 in
Paris, Louvre
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Universally accepted
Considered by most historians to be the earlier of the two versions.
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1483–c. 1490 (Kemp 2011)
1483–c. 1485 (Syson 2011)
1483–1484/5 (Zöllner 2011)
between 1483 and 1486 (Marani 2000)
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Portrait of a Musician
Portrait of a Musician (unfinished)
Tempera and oil on walnut (?) panel
45 × 32 cm
Milan, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
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Generally accepted
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c. 1485 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1486–7 (Syson 2011)
c. 1485 (Zöllner 2011)
probably c. 1485 (Marani 2000)
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Lady with an Ermine
Lady with an Ermine
Oil on walnut panel
54 × 39 cm
Kraków, Czartoryski Museum
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Generally accepted
First published as a Leonardo in 1889 and subject to wide disagreement, but now generally accepted. The attribution of the "Ginevra de' Benci" has supported the attribution of this painting. The subject has been identified as Cecilia Gallerani.
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c. 1490 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1489–90 (Syson 2011)
1489/1490 (Zöllner 2011)
1489–90 (Marani 2000)
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Virgin of the Rocks
Virgin of the Rocks
Oil on parqueted poplar panel
189.5 × 120 cm, 74.6 × 47.25 in
London, National Gallery
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Generally accepted
Generally accepted as postdating the version in the Louvre, with collaboration of Ambrogio de Predis' and perhaps others. Some consider the work of Leonardo's workshop under his direction. The date is not universally agreed.
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c. 1495–1508 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1491/2–9 and 1506–8 (Syson 2011)
c. 1495–9 and 1506–8 (Zöllner 2011)
1491 / 1494, finished by 1508 (Marani 2000)
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Last Supper
The Last Supper
Tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic
460 × 880 cm, 181 × 346 in
Milan, Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie
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Universally accepted
On 9 February 1498 Luca Pacioli described the mural as being complete.
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c. 1495–8 (Kemp 2011)
1492–7/8 (Syson 2011)
c. 1495–8 (Zöllner 2011)
between 1494 and 1498 (Marani 2000)
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Belle ferronnière
La belle ferronnière
Oil on walnut panel
62 × 44 cm
Paris, Louvre
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Generally accepted
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c. 1496–7 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1493–4 (Syson 2011)
c. 1496–7 (Zöllner 2011)
c. 1490–5 or 1495–6 (Marani 2000)
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Sala delle Asse
Sala delle Asse decoration
Tempera on plaster
Milan, Castello Sforzesco
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Designed by Leonardo
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c. 1498–9 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1498 (Syson 2011)
c. 1498–9 (Zöllner 2011)
c. 1497–8 (Marani 2000)
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Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist
The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist
Charcoal, black and white chalk on tinted paper, mounted on canvas
142 × 105 cm, 55.7 × 41.2 in
London, National Gallery
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Universally accepted
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c. 1499–1500 (Syson 2011)
1499–1500 or c. 1508 (?) (Zöllner 2011)
c. 1506–8 (Chapman & Faietti 2010)
c. 1508 (Kemp 2006)
Italian scholars: c. 1501–5; Pedretti and Anglo-Saxon scholars: 1506–8, but Wassermann: 1499 (Marani 2000)
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Portrait of Isabella d'Este
Portrait of Isabella d'Este
Black and red chalk, yellow pastel chalk on paper
63 × 46 cm
Paris, Louvre
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Universally accepted
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c. 1499–1500 (Syson 2011)
December 1499 – March 1500 (?) (Zöllner 2011)
end of 1499 / early 1500 (Marani 2000)
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Madonna of the Yarnwinder
The Madonna of the Yarnwinder (The Buccleuch Madonna)
Oil on walnut panel
48.9 × 36.8 cm
Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery (on long-term loan from the Buccleuch collection)
Leonardo and another artist?
Leonardo was documented as working on a painting of this subject in Florence in 1501; it appears to have been delivered to its patron in 1507. This and the Lansdowne Madonna are the most likely candidates for being that work, but neither is considered to be wholly autograph. Scientific examination has revealed "strikingly complex and similar" underdrawings in both versions, suggesting that Leonardo was involved in the making of both.
The use of walnut wood suggests the earlier terminus post quem of 1499, as Leonardo's Milanese paintings are on this support.
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c. 1501–7 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1499 onwards (Syson 2011)
1501–7 (Zöllner 2011)
no date in Marani 2000
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Madonna of the Yarnwinder
The Madonna of the Yarnwinder (The Lansdowne Madonna)
Oil on wood panel (transferred to canvas and later re-laid on panel)
50.2 × 36.4 cm
United States, private collection
Underdrawing by Leonardo?
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c. 1501–7 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1501–7 (?) (Zöllner 2011)
no date in Marani 2000
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Salvator Mundi
Salvator Mundi
Oil on wood panel
45.4 cm × 65.6 cm, 25.8 in × 17.9 in
New York City, private collection
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Generally accepted
Discovered to be Leonardo's lost painting, rather than a later copy, during restoration in the 2000s. Pentimenti (changes to the composition which would only be found in an original work, rather than a copy) were found in the thumb of Christ's right hand and elsewhere.
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c. 1504–7 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1499 onwards (Syson 2011)
c. 1495–7? (Marani 2000, when thought lost)
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Virgin and Child with St. Anne
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne
Oil on wood panel
168 × 112 cm, 66.1 × 44.1 in
Paris, Louvre
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Universally accepted
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c. 1508–17 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1501 onwards (Syson 2011)
c. 1510–3 (Marani 2000)
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Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa
Oil on cottonwood (poplar) panel
76.8 × 53.0 cm, 30.2 × 20.9 in
Paris, Louvre
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Universally accepted
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c. 1503–16 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1502 onwards (Syson 2011)
1503–6 and later (1510?) (Zöllner 2011)
probably begun c. 1503–4, finished by 1513–4 (Marani 2000)
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Head of a Woman
Head of a Woman or La Scapigliata
Earth, amber and white lead on wood panel
24.7 × 21 cm
Parma, Galleria Nazionale
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Universally accepted
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c. 1508 (Marani 2000)
not in checklist of Kemp 2011 or Zöllner 2011
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St. John the Baptist
St. John the Baptist
Oil on walnut panel
69 × 57 cm, 27.2 × 22.4 in
Paris, Louvre
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Generally accepted
"Anonimo Gaddiano" wrote that Leonardo painted a St. John. This is generally considered Leonardo's last masterpiece.
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c. 1508–16 (Kemp 2011)
c. 1508–16 (Zöllner 2011)
c. 1508 (Marani 2000)

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