Death of Leonardo da Vinci at the Clos Lucé. Francis I, King of France, holds Leonardo in his arms as the artist lays dying.


Death of Leonardo da Vinci, after a work by François-Guillaume Ménageot. The picture follows the legend that Francis I, King of France, held Leonardo in his arms as the artist lay dying at the Clos Lucé, then called Château de Cloux, in France.


Size: 4381px × 4488px
Photo credit: © Classic Image / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: archival, archive, arms, bed, chateau, château, clos, close, cloux, da, de, death, deathbed, dying, engraving, france, francis, francois, françois-guillaume, french, guillaume, held, historical, history, holding, illustration, king, legend, leonardo, luce, lucé, menageot, period, picture, print, vinci, vintage, énageot