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BIOGRAPHY OF LEONARDO DA VINCI

Leonardo da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519)

“A prominent figure during Renaissance”

 Scientist
 Mathematician
 Engineer
 Inventor
 Anatomist
 Sculptor
 Architech
 Botanist
 Musician
 Writer

 Born in April 14, 1452 in Anchiano in Tuscany, Italy.

 Leonardo moved to France in 1516 when he was given the title Premier Painter and
Engineer and Architect to the King by King Francis I.
 At age of 15 he worked as an Apprentice to Verrochio- Painter and Sculptor- 6 years
 Age of 20 he became master of craftsman of the guild and open his own studio.
 One of the First to document the human body in the form of a child.
 His full name was 'Lionardo di ser Piero da Vinci' meaning 'son of Piero from Vinci' - the
Tuscan village in which he was born.
 Parents
Mother: Carterina di Meo Lippi
Father: Guglielmo Ser Piero
Famous Pieces:
 The Last Supper
 The Monalisa
Masterpieces:
 The Virtuvian Man
 Self Portrait
 Salvator Mundi
 The Virgin and Child with St. Anne
 Adoration of the Magi
 Madona of the Yarnwinder
 The Baptism of Christ
 The Annunciation
 Lady with an Ermine
 Bacchus
 Head of a Woman
 Litta Madonna
 Portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci
 The battle of Anghiari
 St.John the Baptist
 Embryo in the Womb