Ancient TechnologyHidden Detail Discovered In Da Vinci’s The Vitruvian Man – Has A 500-Year-Old Mystery Been Solved? Posted on July 13, 2025 by Administrator The Vitruvian Man is a renowned drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, created around 1490. The writings of Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect, inspired this artwork. It features a nude male figure in two overlapping positions with arms and legs extended, inscribed within both a circle and a square. Art historian Carmen C. Bambach has lauded it as one of the most iconic images in Western civilization.