Leonardo Da Vinci

I think this one has been requested for a long time, but I finally worked up the courage to work from the only almost-universally agreed upon portrait of Da Vinci - his self portrait as an older man from around 1512. Of course there are many portraits that are presumed to be younger versions of Da Vinci, even men & women from the many portraits he created are sometimes thought to be sly hidden self-portraits. We also don’t have any information on his skin or eye color, although his hair may have been a medium-brown in his youth based on some unconfirmed portraits. We also know about his jovial personality, conscientiousness, love for animals, and well-groomed appearance. Da Vinci is obviously one of the worlds greatest jack-of-all-trades - not only an incredible artist but a genius in the areas of anatomy, engineering, optics and even metallurgy. I hope I came close to capturing the spirit of this great man.

Prints of this work are available in the Etsy store (etsy.com/shop/royaltynow) and I will be adding a bookmark of this one shortly as well.

Left Portrait base: Leonardo Da Vinci Self Portrait, Public Domain. Right Portrait base: iStock Photo. Created using Photoshop.

Leonardo Da Vinci - Creation Video