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Leonardo was born in Vinci.
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He learnt and worked for an artist Verrocchio, where he learnt loads of technical skills, including metalworking, drawing and sculpting.
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He completed only six works, including the famous"Stanza delle Assi"
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The drawing is a study of the human body, mathematics and architecture, based on the ideas of an ancient Roman architect Vitruvius.
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It shows Jesus and his 12 Apostles eating a meal in a scene from the Christian bible.
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It is a small picture, painted in oil on a wooden panel.
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In Roma Leonardo engaged in studies on mirrors of great size and projects for draining the Paludi Pontine, swamplands that had been owned by Giuliano de’ Medici since 1515, a project he carried out during his stay in the papal city.
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Leonardo died.
his tomb is in Saint-Hubert chapel, Amboise, France.