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Leonardo da Vinci was born in Vinci, Italy. His father was Ser Piero da Vinci. He lived in Vinci for 12 years.
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Moved to Florence when he was 12. He lived with his father.
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Leonardo is apprenticed by Andrea del Verrocchio. His father apprentices him to Verrocchio because Leonardo cannot have an actual job. Verrocchio is an artist/painter.
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Leonardo joins the painter's civic guild in Florence. It was called the Company of St. Luke. He was twenty.
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Leonardo paints his first independent masterpiece. It is a scene of the angel Gabriel appearing to Mary. It was called Annunciation.
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Leonardo left Florence for unknown reasons. He disappeared for a year and a half. No information is available during that time.
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Reappeared in Milan. He recieved a contract to build an altarpiece for the church of San Franchesco Grande.
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Leonardo adopts a son while in Milan. He is nearing sixty at the time.
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Begins the Mona Lisa while in Milan. People are not sure who the woman is.
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Moved to France because of fighting going on in Florence.Traveled with his adopted son, Giovanni Francesco.
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Leonardo finishes the Mona Lisa. Some people have a theory that the woman is a duchess who da Vinci designed a bath for.
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Leonardo da Vinci died in Cloux, France. He died peacefully in his house.
(Leonardo da Vinci: First Impressions)