More about the Artist

Education

Name: Leonardo da Vinci
Date of Birth: 15 April 1452
Location: near the town of Vinci, outside Florence
Parentage: Illegitimate son of Piero da Vinci and Caterina.

Experience

Apprenticed to Andrea Verrocchio, 1469
Mapmaker and military engineer to Cesare Borgia

Duke Lodovico Sforza, Milan
Francis I, king of France

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