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The Death of Leonardo da Vinci
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Death of Leonardo da Vinci or Francis I Receives the Last Breaths of Leonardo da Vinci is an 1818 oil painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, showing the Italian artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci dying, with Francis I of France holding his head. It was commissioned by Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas, the French ambassador in Rome, and is now in the Petit Palais in Paris.[1]
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Artist | Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres ![]() |
Year | 1818 |
Medium | oil paint, canvas |
Dimensions | 40, 40, 72 cm (16, 16, 28 in) × 50.5, 81.5 cm (19.9, 32.1 in) × 8.5 cm (3.3 in) |
Location | Petit Palais |
Commissioned by | Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas ![]() |
Collection | Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris ![]() |
Accession No. | PDUT1165 ![]() |
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Another version of the painting created c. 1851 is held by the Smith College Museum of Art.[2]