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4. Old age and death
Leonardo spent much of his
old years at the court of Pope
Leo X, which was the pope
during the time. This was when
Michelangelo and Raphael, two
of the most prominent artists
during this time was active.
Leonardo made a mechanical lion to France and worked for the
that would walk for its own and French monarch. He lived in
then open its chest to reveal a France until he died at the age of
cluster of lilies. Then he moved 67 in 1519. He had a lavish late
life with a large pension that was