The Famous Italian Artist: Leonardo Da Vinci

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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, who is commonly known as Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian artist whose had areas of interest in inventing, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, and most importantly painting. Leonardo da vinci was born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy. Vinci, Italy at the time of Leonardo’s birth was called Anchiano, Tuscany. Leonardo only received education in basic reading, math, and writing, but his father appreciated his talent for art and apprenticed him around the of 15 to the famous sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio, of Florence. Around 1482, he began to paint his first work called The Adoration of the Magi, for Florence’s San Donato, a Scopeto monastery.

Leonardo never completed that piece,
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This painting is called Lady with an Ermine. This painting is oil on a wooden panel and the person in the painting is a woman named Cecilia Gallerani. The painting is displayed in the Czartoryski Museum, in Krakow, Poland. Leonardo da vinci made many famous paintings. He had many accomplishments in different areas of study.

Leonardo da VInci’s famous painting the Mona Lisa is very well known. The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings of all time. Many people claim it is one of the most visited paintings. The Mona Lisa was created in 1503-1517. The painting is in the Louvre Museum, in Paris France.

The Last Supper is another one of Leonardo da VInci’s famous paintings. The mural is said to have represented Jesus and his twelve disciples when Jesus say one of them will betray him. The painting covers a wall in the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in the city of Milan, Italy. The last Supper was created in 1495-1498. The genres it was included in was Christian Art, and History painting.

In 1506, Leonardo returned to Milan, where he remained until 1513. He then, spent three years in Rome. In 1517, he got the invitation from the the king of France, French king Francis l. Leonardo soon after moved to the Châteauof Cloux, near Amboise in France, where he then died on May 2, 1519. Leonardo da Vinci died at the age of

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