A new video showing actor Aidan Turner in the role of Leonardo da Vinci has been released to mark the Italian artist's birthday.
In the footage, the Poldark star can be seen working by candlelight in his chambers and later executing his famous painting The Last Supper.
The original footage is accompanied by a score from series composer John Paesano.
Turner will play the renaissance artist in the television series Leonardo, which will air next year.
It will tell the story of da Vinci's life, from a young apprentice to one of the greatest painters of all time.
Da Vinci was born on 15 April 1452 - the illegitimate son of a lawyer in a rural town in Florence, Italy - and despite having no formal academic training went on to excel in multiple fields including maths, engineering and palaeontology.
His Mona Lisa is the world's most popular portrait and The Last Supper is the most reproduced religious painting of all time.
His ink sketch The Vitruvian Man, which represents the perfect proportions of a human being, is also universally recognised.
The TV series, created by X-Files writer and producer Frank Spotnitz and Doctor Who screenwriter Steve Thompson, hopes to reveal the man behind the genius.
The drama will also star Giancarlo Giannini as da Vinci's master and Matilda De Angelis as da Vinci's muse.
As the world unites against the coronavirus pandemic, producer Luca Bernabei said Leonardo's life story is more relevant than ever.
He said: "It invites us to believe in humanity, in its extraordinary abilities and the possibility of looking to the future beyond those horizons that today appear as overwhelming obstacles, as a very modern genius like Leonardo da Vinci would do.
"From Italy to the world a message of hope and a model of rebirth that we feel in this moment, even more relevant."
Leonardo comes to TV screens next year, although the UK broadcaster is yet to be confirmed.
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