2-660-890 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519'. 1934. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath. He is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute, helicopter and tank, he epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal. From "Die Großen der Weltgeschichte". [Eckstein-Halpaus, Dresden, 1934]