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Leonardo Da VinciLeonardo Da VinciBiographyBiography

► Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was the Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was the love child of a landowner and a love child of a landowner and a peasant girl. Raised by his peasant girl. Raised by his father, he began apprenticing at father, he began apprenticing at the age of 14 under the artist the age of 14 under the artist Verrocchio. Within six years, he Verrocchio. Within six years, he was a master artist and began was a master artist and began taking commissions from taking commissions from wealthy clients. His best-known wealthy clients. His best-known works are two of the most works are two of the most famous paintings of all time, the famous paintings of all time, the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper." Da Vinci's scientific Supper." Da Vinci's scientific inquiries fill 13,000 pages, inquiries fill 13,000 pages, ranging from anatomy to war ranging from anatomy to war machines.machines.

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► The Mona Lisa (La The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda or La Joconde, Gioconda or La Joconde, or Portrait of Lisa or Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo Francesco del Giocondo is a half-length portrait is a half-length portrait of a woman by the of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, known, the most visited, the most written about, the most written about, the most sung about, the the most sung about, the most parodied work of most parodied work of art in the world.art in the world.

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