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Born in Vinci which is where his name came from meaning . of vinci
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As a child he was wandering in the nearby woods and discovered a cave that he then explored with his hands becuase it was to dark to see
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His father saw one of his paintings as a child and requested the apprenticeship
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Due to the surplus of artists and sculpters in florence he goes to milan in search of fame
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Decorated the entire way the they passed from the church... made him famous
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Commisioned for the catholic church
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Lingered over this painting for four years
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after 4 years of laboring over making this painting perfect it is finally complete
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Gift for Francis I of france... needed to be able to walk and open its chest to reveal daisies
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Died in the arms of Francis.
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From Da Vinci's mind the largest bronze horse created was sketched multiple times... Because of old age and other complications he was not able to fufil this... however some recent artists have erected the largest bronze horse statue in honor of his dream
