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Famous Artists
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Leonardo da
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It was the period of the
renaissance when Leonardo da Vinci was born on the 15th of April 1452.
Leonardo was born probably in this farmhouse in Anchiano, which is 3 km aray
from Vinci. The family of Leonardo lived in this area since the 13th
century. The father of Leonardo da Vinci, Ser Piero, was 25 years old
and a public notary when Leonardo was born in 1452. In the same year Ser
Piero married his first wife Albiera. He didn't marry the mother of
Leonardo, because she was the daughter of a farmer and not from a wealthy
family. The mother of Leonardo was called Catarina. Her first name is all
what we know today.
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This picture shows the
Leonardo plaque in Amboise.
Leonardo died on 2 May 1519 in Amboise. At this time Leonardo da Vinci was
67 year old. His state of health was not the best, because Leonardo had a
paralysis on the right side of his body since 1517 and Vasari told about an
illness some weeks before Leonardo died.
On 23 April 1519 Leonardo wrote his last will.
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