Leonardo da Vinci
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| CHARACTER | |
| Leonardo da Vinci | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Birth | April 15, 1452 |
| Death | May 2, 1519 |
| Nationality |  Italian
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Profession(s) |
Artist, Inventor, Scientist |
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, inventor and scientist of the Italian Renaissance. His most famous artworks include Mona Lisa, The Last Supper. He also created designs for the helicopter and tank, centuries before their actual development, and filled notebooks with engineering drawings, astronomical and anatomical studies, and artistics drawings.
In September 1908, in conjuction with a visit to the Louvre and a viewing of the Mona Lisa, Indiana Jones was instructed to write a report on Leonardo da Vinci. Instead, he spent time with his new friend, Norman Rockwell, and the outgoing Pablo Picasso. After escaping from a restaurant brawl, Picasso took the boys to a closed marketplace, and helped Jones with his report, giving him insights into Leonardo's art and art in the general. Sneaking back into his hotel room, Jones hid in his wardrobe to pretend to have been writing his report there and fallen asleep, and was not found by Miss Seymour until morning.
In 1947, while on a quest to recover the Philosopher's Stone, Jones and Marcus Brody recalled that Leonardo, as an admirer of Albert De Groot, wrote his notes in reverse. This led them to read De Groot's notes with a mirror, helping them determine the locations of the three pieces of the stone.
[edit] Appearances
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
- "Paris, September 1908" → Passion for Life (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix (Mentioned only)
