| Full Name |
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci |
| Date of Birth |
15 April 1452 |
| Place of Birth |
Anchiano, Republic of Florence |
| Date of Death |
02 May 1519 |
| Place of Death |
Clos Lucé, Amboise, Kingdom of France |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence |
Republic of Florence, Duchy of Milan, Kingdom of France |
| Education |
Apprenticeship with Andrea del Verrocchio |
| Profession |
Painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, writer |
| Years of Activity |
c. 1466-1519 |
| Brief Information |
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath whose interests spanned invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, cartography, botany, and writing. He is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time and possibly the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. His notebooks contain observations on art and science, and inventions that anticipated by centuries the appearance of many modern devices. |