
Italian High Renaissance polymath whose genius encompassed painting, anatomy, engineering, and optics. Celebrated as the archetypal Renaissance man and creator of history's most recognized paintings. Key Metric: Painter of Mona Lisa and The Last Supper; Salvator Mundi sold for record $450.3M (2017)
Contender: Leonardo da Vinci — Walter Isaacson (2017)
Italian High Renaissance polymath whose genius encompassed painting, anatomy, engineering, and optics. Celebrated as the archetypal Renaissance man and creator of history's most recognized paintings.
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