the ledger of connections
The Connections of Leonardo da Vinci
Renaissance polymath — painter of the Mona Lisa, engineer, and anatomist Every person recorded alongside Leonardo da Vinci in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Leonardo da Vinci in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Caterina di Meo Lippi
- Teachers
- Andrea del Verrocchio, Paolo Toscanelli, John Argyropoulos
- Students
- Pontormo, Francesco Melzi, Andrea Solari, Cesare da Sesto, Salaì
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1452 to 1519.
Early Modern era
Teresa of Avila
March 28, 1515 – October 15, 1582
Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)
Early Modern era
Martin Luther
November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546
Reformer whose 95 Theses split Western Christianity
Early Modern era
John Calvin
July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564
French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)
Early Modern era
Anne Boleyn
1501 – May 19, 1536
Second wife of Henry VIII of England (died 1536)
Early Modern era
Mary I of England
February 18, 1516 – November 17, 1558
Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558 (1516-1558)
Early Modern era
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
February 24, 1500 – September 21, 1558
Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556 (1500–1558)
Early Modern era
Atahualpa
March 20, 1502 – August 29, 1533
Last Incan emperor
Early Modern era
Andreas Vesalius
December 31, 1514 – October 16, 1564
Flemish anatomist, physician and author (1514–1564)
Early Modern era
Michelangelo
March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564
Sculptor and painter of the Sistine Chapel and David
Early Modern era
Christopher Columbus
1450 – May 19, 1506
Genoese navigator whose Atlantic crossings joined two worlds
Early Modern era
Ferdinand Magellan
1480 – April 27, 1521
Portuguese explorer whose expedition first circled the globe
Medieval era
Lucien, Lord of Monaco
1481 – August 22, 1523
Lord of Monaco