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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 ....

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.... Lisa, and the lost Leda and the Swan. At the same time his interests in anatomy led him to perform dissections, and he organized a study of the flight of birds. Leonardo left Italy forever, in 1516 to become architectural advisor to King Francis I of France, who admired him greatly. Leonardo died at the age of 67 on May 2, 1519, at Cloux, near Amboise, France. Leonardo da Vinci was a true Renaissance man. He was a scholar, scientist, artist, and inventor. Some of his work includes, The Adoration of the M ....