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Leonardo Da Vinci was born April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy, just outside of Florence.
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Leonardo da Vinci moved to Florence in the mid-1460s (around age 14) to apprentice in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, who was a talented sculptor, painter, and goldsmith who had trained many of Florence's most celebrated artists. -
Leonardo completed his apprenticeship in Florence and became a master in the Painters' Guild, marking his independence as an artist.
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Leonardo makes a small, high angle drawing of the Arno River Valley. -
Leonardo was anonymously accused of sodomy after authorities received an note accusing Jacopo Saltarelli of sodomy and prostitution, and it listed Leonardo among his lovers or customers.
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Leonardo finally leaves Verrocchio's studio and opens one of his own.
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Leonardo moved to Milan to work for Duke Ludovico Sforza as an architect, artist, and engineer.
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Leonardo works with Ambrogio and Evangelista de Predis, and together, they secure a commission to paint an altarpiece for the chapel of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception. Disagreement arose between the monks over money, so Leonardo and Ambrogio and Predis withheld the painting. -
Sforza assigned Leonardo a new project. Leonardo painted "The Last Supper", which depicted the final meal Christ shared with his apostles before he was crucified. -
Leonardo left for Venice due to Sforza being captured and imprisoned by the French army of Louis XII.
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Leonardo returns to Florence and purchases a small farm in the hills above the city.
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Leonardo painted this portrait with oil paints between 1503-1517. -
Leonardo works in Rome under the patronage of the Medici Family.
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Leonardo died in Cloux, France, at the age of 67.