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The greatest expert on Leonardo da Vinci: "He wanted to go to Constantinople, if the Turkish sultan had accepted, maybe today we would have the Mona Lisa with a veil"
Always from a distance, Ser Piero helped Leonardo (who would not be his only ... some documents of the Da Vinci family are preserved (the grandfather Antonio lived next to Santa Maria del Mar ...
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Leonardo da Vinci Timeline: Life, Death and Important Events
Born on April 15, 1452, Leonardo da Vinci is one of humankind's greatest and most creative minds. He may be best known for influential paintings such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper ...
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Why Leonardo da Vinci’s brilliance endures, 500 years after his death
His father, Ser Piero da Vinci, held elevated status as a notary—a professional path that Leonardo would have been expected to follow had he not been born out of wedlock. The town of Vinci ...
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Language of Genius: A Leonardo da Vinci Glossary
This created volume and dimension through shadow. A small Tuscan village where Leonardo, the illegitimate son of notary Ser Piero da Vinci and a local woman named Caterina, was born on April 15 ...