Leonardo da Vinci · every age

What was Leonardo da Vinci doing at 53?

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

1. c. 1505

   Commissioned to paint The Battle of Anghiari at 53

   For the Hall of the Five Hundred in the Palazzo Vecchio; the mural is now lost.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

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