Who Was Alive

Were Leon Battista Alberti and Leonardo da Vinci alive at the same time?

Yes. Leon Battista Alberti and Leonardo da Vinci were alive at the same time for 20 years, from 1452 to 1472.

Leon Battista Alberti was 48 when Leonardo da Vinci was born.

Leonardo da Vinci was 20 when Leon Battista Alberti died, aged 68.

Leon Battista Alberti

Leon Battista Alberti

Italian architect and writer

Born 14 February 1404 · died 25 April 1472, aged 68

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian polymath

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

  1. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  2. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  3. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  4. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  6. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  7. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  8. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  9. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546

Leon Battista Alberti and Leonardo da Vinci in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Leon Battista Alberti and Leonardo da Vinci were born

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