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Name: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

Birth-Death Dates: 1452-1519
Location: Florence, Milan, Rome, Amboise

Personality Traits: Curious, inventive, polymath, perfectionist
Marital Status: Never married
Intriguing Personal Details: Left-handed and often wrote in mirror script

Art Style: High Renaissance
Subjects: Portraits, religious scenes, anatomical studies, inventions
Education/Background: Apprenticed to Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence
Mentors and Influences: Andrea del Verrocchio, influence of classical antiquity
Esteem During Lifetime: Highly esteemed and sought after by patrons such as Ludovico Sforza and King Francis I of France
Major Works: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, Vitruvian Man

Inspirations: Nature, human anatomy, classical antiquity
Legacy: Considered one of the greatest artists and thinkers of all time, with contributions spanning art, science, and engineering

Fun Facts: Known for his detailed notebooks filled with inventions, scientific diagrams, and artistic sketches

“SIMPLICITY IS THE ULTIMATE SOPHISTICATION.”

WORKS

📍The National Gallery of Art

Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat

Ginevra de' Benci