Leonardo Da Vinci By LennonNuckles Apr 15, 1452 Leonardo Da Vinci was born in Italy Period: 1462 to 1477 when he was about 15 his father apprenticed him to the renowned workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. 1472 accepted into Florence painters guild as a master painter 1482 Da Vinci moved to Milan to work for Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan