Who Was Alive

Were Donatello and Leonardo da Vinci alive at the same time?

Yes. Donatello and Leonardo da Vinci were alive at the same time for 14 years, from 1452 to 1466.

Leonardo da Vinci was 14 when Donatello died.

Donatello

Early Renaissance Italian sculptor

Born c. 1386 · died 13 December 1466

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance polymath

Born 15 April 1452 · died 2 May 1519, aged 67

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer
  2. Donatello
  3. Johannes Gutenberg
  4. Joan of Arc
  5. Christopher Columbus
  6. Leonardo da Vinci
  7. Niccolò Machiavelli
  8. Nicolaus Copernicus
  9. Michelangelo
  10. Martin Luther
Donatello and Leonardo da Vinci in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.