Leonardo da Vinci · every age

What was Leonardo da Vinci doing at 48?

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

1. c. 1500

   Back in Florence as a guest of the Servite monks

   His cartoon of the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne drew crowds as if to a festival.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

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