Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci


     Leonardo da Vinci was born on the fifteenth of April, 1452, near the

town of Vinci, not far from Florence.  He was the son of a Florentine notary,

Piero da Vinci, and a young woman named Caterina.  Leonardo spent most of his

life in Florence and Milan.

     In 1469 he was apprenticed to Andrea Verrocchio, a leading Renaissance

master. Leonardo acquired a variety of skills while he remained at the workshop

until 1476.  He left Florence for Milan in about 1482 to work for Duke Lodovico

Sforza.  He stayed in Milan for nearly eighteen years.  During his time there he

applied his knowledge of mechanics to his obligations as a civil and military

engineer.  He also took up study in anatomy, biology, mathematics, and physics.

During that time he completed his single most important painting, The Last

Supper.

     Leonardo returned to Florence in 1500.  Three y
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