Who Was Alive

Were Piero della Francesca and Leonardo da Vinci alive at the same time?

Yes. Piero della Francesca and Leonardo da Vinci were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1452 to 1492.

Piero della Francesca was 36 or 37 when Leonardo da Vinci was born.

Leonardo da Vinci was 40 when Piero della Francesca died, aged 76 or 77.

Piero della Francesca

Piero della Francesca

Italian painter and mathematician

Born 1415 · died 12 October 1492, aged 76 or 77

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian polymath

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

  1. Piero della Francesca, 1415 – 1492
  2. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  3. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  6. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  7. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546

Piero della Francesca 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 Piero della Francesca and Leonardo da Vinci were born

Piero della Francesca and Leonardo da Vinci are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (7 of 7 placed); tap one to open that person.
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