L. d. V. ; Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci / Léonard de Vinci ;
Amadori
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1452 in Anchiano near Vinci, Empoli, Italy
1519
Cloux, Amboise, France
notary Ser Piero; natural mother: peasant girl Catarina
autodidactic study of anatomy. since 1467 in Florence, 1472 member of painters's guild. apprentice to sculptor Andrea Verrocchio; Ant. Pollaiuolo
Italy
various cities, courts & other patrons as Renaissance artist-engineer w. extremely broad interest & talent; stereometric & perspectival pl.f. Luca Pacioli; sev. L. drawings were used by Carlo Ruini (c.1530-1598)
Giuliano de’ Medici, Florence; since 1516 François I, king of France
anat. Marco Antonio della Torre; Francesco Giorgio Martini; math. Luca Pacioli:De divina proportione 1509; Francesco Melzi: cf. K.Reed: LdV & botanical illustr., in: Visualizing Medieval Medicine & Nat.History, Ashgate 2006:205-237