Even as a young man, da Vinci became well known for his remarkable skill as a painter. Yet looking at his career, the amount of time he really devoted to painting was in fact very small, and only something over 10 completed paintings by him survive.
儘管年輕的時候，達文西就以他精湛的畫技嶄露頭角，然而綜觀他的一生，真正投注在繪畫的時間其實很少，留下完成的畫作也不過十多幅。