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Saint John the Baptist is painted as a late easel work kept with Leonardo

Around 1513–16 Leonardo painted Saint John the Baptist as a late easel work kept with him. Leonardo da Vinci's documented role is: He painted the late Saint John. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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Around 1513–16 Leonardo painted Saint John the Baptist as a late easel work kept with him. The Louvre is a later door. It is not the Mona Lisa. Leonardo da Vinci's documented role is: He painted the late Saint John. It stayed with him into France; Louvre housing is later.

Context

Ambiguous gesture and sfumato are the method. Sharing later possession with Francis's collection is required as a limit. The setting of Saint John the Baptist is painted as a late easel work kept with Leonardo is the public file around 1515-01-01. Contribution type is direct. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Why it matters

Improving path from Saint John the Baptist is painted as a late easel work kept with Leonardo on 1515-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Leonardo da Vinci

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.36 · verified

    He painted the late Saint John. It stayed with him into France; Louvre housing is later.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Louvre — Virgin of the Rocks neighbourhood as public carrierMusée du Louvre · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Leonardo, painters' company 1472Encyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Louvre — Saint John the Baptist, Leonardo at https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/the-mona-lisa (opens in a new tab) (Musée du Louvre). Independent locator: Britannica — Leonardo, late paintings at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Louvre — Saint John the Baptist, Leonardo (https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/the-mona-lisa (opens in a new tab); Musée du Louvre). Independent carrier: Britannica — Leonardo, late paintings (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Saint John the Baptist is painted as a late easel work kept with Leonardo under 1515-01-01 for Leonardo da Vinci. Established: a sourced public record of Saint John the Baptist is painted as a late easel work kept with Leonardo under 1515-01-01.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Saint John the Baptist is painted as a late easel work kept with Leonardo are separate paths.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

The contribution type is direct. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Shared responsibility is part of Saint John the Baptist is painted as a late easel work kept with Leonardo. Naming Leonardo da Vinci does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1515-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorLeonardo da Vinci
  2. contributed toFactSaint John the Baptist is painted as a late easel work kept with Leonardo
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). Saint John the Baptist is painted as a late easel work kept with Leonardo. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ldv-saint-john

https://factrail.ai/facts/ldv-saint-john

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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