The Death of Leonardo da Vinci

The Death of Leonardo da Vinci is an 1818 painting by the French artist Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, showing the painter Leonardo da Vinci dying, with Francis I of France holding his head. It was commissioned by the Pierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas, the French ambassador in Rome, and now hangs in the Petit Palais in Paris.

The Death of Leonardo da Vinci
Francis I Receives the Last Breaths of Leonardo da Vinci
ArtistJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 
Year1818
Mediumoil paint, canvas
Dimensions40, 40, 72 cm (16, 16, 28 in) × 50.5, 81.5 cm (19.9, 32.1 in)
LocationPetit Palais
Commissioned byPierre Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas 
Accession No.PDUT1165 
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