Daily Quiz | On Leonardo da Vinci
ย โSalvator Mundiโ, a work of Leonardo da Vinci which was sold at a Chistieโs auction for a world record $450m in 2017 to a private collector
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Under which Florentine master artist did Leonardo do his apprenticeship?
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What is common to Atlanticus, Arundel, Leicester, Madrid I and II?
Answer : These are some of the notebooks or Codices containing many of Da Vinciโs notes and drawings
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The most famous work of Da Vinci is of course the โMona Lisaโ. Can you tell whose portrait is the painting?
Answer : Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant
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Which is Da Vinciโs largest painting, covering over 40 square metres, and found on the former refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan?
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Name the technique Leonardo used in many of his paintings to create a soft, gradual transition between tones and colours?
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What is special about the work โThe Virgin and Laughing Childโ housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
Answer : Da Vinci scholars have attributed it to da Vinci as โthe artistโs only surviving sculptureโ
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What is the more common name for the portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, the lover of his patron Ludovico Sforza?
Answer : โThe Lady with an Ermineโ
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Name the work attributed to da Vinci which was sold at a Chistieโs auction for a world record $450m in 2017 to a private collector
Published – April 15, 2025 05:10 pm IST