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He was born in Anchiano, Tuscany (now Italy)
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His father found interest in his artistic talent and apprenticed him to the noted sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio, of Florence.
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Da Vinci was offered membership to the Guild of Florence, but decided to stay with Verrocchio until he became in independent master in 1478.
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The "Adoration of Magi" was da Vincis first commissioned work for florence's son Donato, Scopeto monastery, and was never finished because he was relocated to Milan to work for the ruling Sforza clan.
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Sometime around the early 1490s Da Vinci started filling notebooks related to four broad themes painting, architecture, mechanics and human anatomy.
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The family asked him to make a 16-foot-tall equestrian statue made of bronze, but in the end he could only make it out of clay because of an imminent war that repurposed the bronze for cannons.
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During his time in Milan he made one of his most famous pieces of art knoiwn as "The last supper"
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He stopped working for Sforza in 1499 after the ruling of Sforza duke fell from power and the clay equestrian statue was destroyed.
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after he fled from Milan he went back to Florence and posssible Venice first and painted portraits and one of them happened to be another one of his famous pieces of art the "Mona Lisa".
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In 1506 Da Vinci returns to Milan with a group of his students and disciples.
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He left Italy for good when the king of France Francis I offered him the title of Premier Painter and Engineer and Architect to the King.
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Leonardo Da Vinci died at the age of 67 at cloux (now Clos-Lucé).
