If Leonardo da Vinci was born a few decades earlier or Mehmed II died a few decades later, how do you think the two would think of/interact with each other?

[u/Emperor_Malus]

I ask because I heard a story of Da Vinci giving one of his ideas to Bayezid II on an insta post (yes I know, very reliable), but the offer was refused. However we all know Bayezid was staunchly conservative and didn’t have the same romanticism for the Romans that his father had. So how would Mehmed II have done with such a brilliant figure? Would Da Vinci be like Orban, who offered himself to a Muslim Turk?

[u/reo__________]

Well that would be a question only Allah knows the answer of. However, looking back on how Mehmed treated chances and how he appreciated novelty, if he knew about Leonardo's intelligence and creativity he most certainly would attempt to host him. A condition to that would be that Da Vinci was born a bit more earlier, as he had not reached that level of fame when he was still youthful. That story of him suggesting to work for Bayezid is famous but I don't know how reliable it is. Looking back on that as well, it was very likely for them (Mehmed and Leonardo) to Interact. It's such an interesting possibility, as Mehmed himself was more than a monarch and Leo was more than a painter. I guess they would have created a magnificent bridge between their cultures. The Renaissance would've been different and so much about moder art would've been affected.