Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in the town of Vinci, near Florence. Leonardo was an exceptional boy for his time. Leonardo was introduced to Andre del Verrocchio, an Italian painter and sculptor. Leonardo was Verrocchio's assistant. In Verrocchio's, Baptism of Christ, Leonardo painted the kneeling angel in the left corner. Also, while working for Verrocchio. da Vinci created a portrait of Ginevra Benci and the Madonna with a Carnation. These paintings were traditional, but included detail, such as the curling hair of Ginevra.

After a few years working for Verrocchio, Leonardo decided t

After The Last Supper, Leonardo made a few pieces of artwork, but non-compares to his Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa, took Leonardo three years to create, but those three years made the Mona Lisa one of his most celebrated portraits ever painted. Leonardo was said to have had a special affection for the Mona Lisa, known as La Gioconda (name of the women's husband), and took the picture everywhere he went in his travels.

While living in Milan, Italy, Leonardo created one of his masterpieces, The Last Supper. The Last Supper was a mural in the refectory of the Monastery of Santa Maria

Leonardo spent his last years between Milan and Florence visiting his half brothers and sisters. He worked on engineering projects and a figure for a monument to Gian Giacomo Trivilzio, which Leonardo never finished. Leonardo da Vinci died on May 2, 1519.

o become independent. His first large painting, The Adoration of Magi, was left unfinished for the Monastery. While in his youth, Leonardo

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