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About
Renaissance artist, inventor, polymath, musician, and architect who painted the Mona Lisa and drew the iconic Vitruvian Man.
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Before Fame
At age 14, he became an apprentice of the artist Andrea di Cione, who at the time was known as one of the greatest artists of the age.
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Trivia Fact
His sketches of flying machines, while nonfunctional, stand as examples of scientific thought and creativity, making Da Vinci the ideal Renaissance Man.
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Family Life:
His parents, the peasant Caterina and the notary Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci, had him out of wedlock.
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Associated With
Another famous Renaissance artist is Michelangelo Buonarroti.
