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During his last years, Leonardo moved to Rome. He was friends with the Pope Leo X's brother Giuliano de’ Medici. Giuliano supplied Leonardo with a place to stay at the Vatican and gave him money every month. In 1516, he left Italy for good to work in France for Francis I. For the last 3 years of his life, he held the title of "First painter, architect, and engineer to the King". Leonardo died in 1519 at the Cloux and was buried in the palace church of Saint-Florentin. Because of the churches destruction during the French Revolution, the grave can no longer be found (Britannica)

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During this time Leonardo traveled a lot. He was commissioned to do many projects, but most of them were unfinished. From 1508 to 1513, he returned to Milan where he then settled for 5 years. There, he performed more than 30 dissections and created very detailed drawings of the human anatomy. Also worked on his manuscript which was mostly filled with mathematical, optical, mechanical, geological, and botanical studies (WorldHistory)

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The Mona Lisa is one of Leonardo da Vinci's most well-known paintings and is thought to be done on a young wife of a Florentine citizen. She has a mysterious smile which has dumbfounded all efforts to explain it. Leonardo completed the painting in Florence, Italy after leaving Milan because of the Italian wars. (Created from 1503-1519) (Britannica)

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Leonardo da Vinci contributed much art for the Renaissance. His best known pieces were the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. Leonardo da Vinci worked for two years as a weapons engineer for Cesare Borgia the son of Pope Alexander VI in Florence. His work included new weapons designs and maps that are clear precursors of modern cartography. He was ahead of his time:

He had notebooks full of sketches and ideas

He drew sketches of firearms, birds in flight, and flying machines

Also had plans for a helicopter, submarine, and tank

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20 year old Leonardo in 1472 was accepted into the artists guild of Florence. Worked independently from 1477 to 1481. Then in 1482 he moved to Milan to work in service of the City’s Duke. He spent 17 years in Milan until 1499 where the Ludovico Sforza lost his power. He was a highly esteemed and respected as the Duke’s artist and engineer. Also worked as a hydraulic and mechanical engineer. During his time in Milan he completed 6 works:

The Virgin of the Rocks

The Last Supper

Ceiling Painting for the Sala delle Asse in the Milan Castello Sforzesco

Portrait of a Musician

Lady with an Ermine

The Equestrian Statue of Francesco Sforza

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He grew up on his step fathers estate and treated as a “legitimate” son (Not a bastard) and received usual elementary education. At 15 he apprenticed with his step dad to artist Andrea del Vercocchio and learned how to paint, sculpt, and the technical mechanical arts (Britannica)

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When Leonardo was born, his parents were unmarried.  His father, Ser Piero was a Florentine notary and a landlord. His mother was a peasant who shortly after his birth, married an artisan (Britannica)

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Leonardo was born on April 15th, 1452 in Anchiano, Republic of Florence, Italy and died May 2nd, 1519 (Lifespan of 68 years) (Britannica)