Leonardo da Vinci

Birth Name:

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

Birth Date:

April 15, 1452

Birth Place:

Anchiano, Vinci, Italy

Death Date:

May 2, 1452

Place of Death:

Château du Clos Lucé, Amboise, France

Age:

Cause of Death:

Stroke

Cemetery Name:

Chapel of Saint-Hubert at Château Royal d'Amboise

Claim to Fame:

Historical Figure

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian for “Leonardo from Vinci”) was an Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose skill and intelligence, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. His Last Supper (1495–98), Vitruvian Man (c. 1490) and Mona Lisa (c. 1503–19) are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance. His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of their time. The world's most expensive painting to sell at auction is Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, which sold for $450.3 million on November 15, 2017 at Christie's auction house.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Chapel of Saint-Hubert at Château Royal d'Amboise

15 Rue de la Concorde

Amboise, , 37400

France

Europe

Grave Location Description

You must pay an entrance fee to the Château Royal d’Amboise to gain access to the Chapel of Saint-Hubert. His grave (disputed) is easy to find in the small chapel.