Not wealthy per se but very successful. He had important commissions like The Last Supper, and also worked as an engineer for the Duke of Milan, and in France, so he had a comfortable lifestyle. read more
Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519) was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman — the epitome of a “Renaissance man.” With a curious mind and keen intellect, da Vinci studied the laws of science and nature, which greatly informed his work. read more
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci; Leonardo da Vinci at BBC Science; Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, Friday, 4 May 2012 to Sunday, 7 October 2012. High-resolution anatomical drawings. Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman, Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 22 Jan. – 30 March 2003. read more