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He was born near the Tuscan town of Vinci, and he was the son of a local lawyer. -
he was apprenticed to the sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrochio in Florence.
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He moved to Milan to work for Sforza family as an engineer, sculptor, painter and architect.
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He painted several portraits, but the only one that survives is the famous Mona Lisa. It is one of the most famous intriguing pictures and it was a portrait of a Florence noble.
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leonardo moved to chateu of cloux near Amboise in france where he died