Leonard da Vinci was born Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci on the 15^th of April 1452 in Vinci, Florence (present day Italy) Being a scientist, sculpture, writer, and painter amongst many other things. He has been described as one of the greatest painters of all time. Although a renowned painter, Leonardo was also described as an inventor. His works the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper are the most famous and reproduced portraits and religious paintings of all time. Their fame approached only by the Creation of Adam by Michelangelo. Although some what mysterious, Leonardo has been described as the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. He died on the 2^nd of May 1519 at the age of aged 67

Birth name : Leonardo di Ser Piero

Born : April 15, 1452. Vinci, Florence, in present-day Italy

Died : May 2, 1519 (aged 67)Amboise, Touraine (in present-day France)

Nationality : Italian

Field: Many and diverse fields of arts and sciences

Movement : High Renaissance

Works: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Vitruvian Man

Michelangelo was born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni on the 6th of March 1475 in Caprese ( Italy) His family had for several generations been small-scale bankers in Florence, but his father failed to maintain the bank's financial status, and held occasional government positions. At the time of Michelangelo's birth, his father was the judicial administrator of the small town of Caprese. Several months after Michelangelo's birth the family returned to Florence where Michelangelo was raised. At a tender age, he moved in with another family during the illness and later death of his mother Francesca. While his father wanted him to study grammar, his real interest lies in the arts. His father considered this below the family's status and tried to discourage him. However, Michelangelo prevailed and was apprenticed at the age of thirteen to Domenico Ghirlandaio the most fashionable painter in Florence at the time. This was the early beginning; he would go on to study more, excelled and started making name for himself at a very young age. Michelangelo worked on so many projects and some he never finished because of the vast number of projects from clients that he could not turn down. He was the undisputed master of drawing in the 16^th century Italy. He was one of the greatest sculptors of the Italian Renaissance and one of its greatest painters and architects. His work on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is a masterpiece and one of the most famous work of art till date. He wrote a lot of poems during his life time and excelled in poetry, sculpture, painting, and architecture. He died on the 18^th of February 1564 at the age of 88

Birth name : Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

Born : March 6, 1475 near Arezzo, in Caprese

Died : February 18, 1564 (aged 88) Rome

Nationality : Italian

Field : sculpture, painting, architecture, and poetry

Training : Apprentice to Domenico Ghirlandaio

Movement : High Renaissance

Works : David, The Creation of Adam, Pietà

No doubt Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were two of the greatest that ever lived. I know we are not experts, but judging from their works here, WHO WOULD YOU SAY IS THE GREATEST MASTER from these two?