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Jan 27, 1452
birth of leonardo da vinci
exact date unknown. Leonardo was born in a village close to Vinci. Vinci is a village not far from Florence. Leonardo was about the same age as Christopher Columbus. You might even think they belong together. You would be right. -
Period: Jan 27, 1452 to May 2, 1519
leonardo da vinci
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Period: Jan 27, 1452 to May 2, 1519
leonardo da vinci's life
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Jan 27, 1460
leonardo's shield
Exact date unknown. One day Leonardo’s father Ser Piero said he would find a painter to paint a shield for a neighbor. Then he forgot all about it. One day Leonardo found it. Then his father told him to try to paint it himself. He tried and ended up impressing his father and himself. -
Jan 28, 1463
Young apprentice in Florence
Since Leonardo was good at art his father paid for an apprenticeship. So then Leonardo got to be the apprentice of another artist. He was one of the apprentices of an artist named Andrea del Verrocchio. He was known as “one of the most highly esteemed instructors in every branch of the arts.” -
Apr 26, 1478
destroying the Medici family
Many people hated the family that was ruling. That family was the Medici. The Pazzi wanted to rule instead. They quickly were able to find allies to help overthrow the Medici because lots of people didn’t like them. They had to kill both of the brothers but they failed. -
May 28, 1480
the move to milan
Exact date unknown. Leonardo was starting to get mad about how other scholars were more famous than him. Plus some of these artists only had half of the talent he had. He hated the king which was still Lorenzo de Medici. Also he was kind of poor so he decided to move to Milan. -
Jan 28, 1482
the bronze horse
Leonardo was asked to make a bronze horse. He had finished the model out of clay. Then war came along and interrupted him. Then people started practicing shooting arrows on the clay horse and Leonardo never got to finish it. -
Jul 28, 1499
The last supper
Leonardo was asked to make a painting of “the last supper” on the wall of the church. He worked on it harder than he probably ever would have on any other painting. This piece of art he concentrated more on than anything else around him. People say that this was his best piece of artwork he had done yet. -
Jan 28, 1500
Hope follows disappointment
Leonardo and Michelangelo were competing in painting. Everyone liked Leonardo’s painting and Michelangelo’s. Michelangelo was never really nice to Leonardo. Then when Leonardo tried a new method of drying his burned down. Poor Leonardo! -
Jan 28, 1506
Mona Lisa
Leonardo once painted the famous picture we all know The Mona Lisa. He had never actually concentrated this hard on any self-portrait before. Some people say he was in love but that is not the case. We all know that it is a very mysterious painting but also a very great on -
May 2, 1519
Death of Leonardo da Vinci
He died thinking that he had accomplished nothing. He thought his paintings should have been better. He hadn’t published anything even though he had written lots of books. Thinking about this, tears ran down his cheeks. He felt that nobody could help him.
