Leonardo da Vinci · every age

What was Leonardo da Vinci doing at 47?

Painter, anatomist, engineer. Started the Mona Lisa at 51

1. c. 1499

   Left Milan at 47 when the French army invaded

   Seventeen years of steady patronage ended, and he spent the following years moving from city to city.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Drawing believed to be a self-portrait, Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1510), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source