Leonardo was born in Anchiano in Italy. He was born on the 15th of April 1452. He was probably born in his farm house in Achiano which is 3km away from Vinci. The Da Vinci family lived in this area since the 13th century and he was christened in a baptismal chapel in Vinci.
Leonardo started an apprenticeship in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio 1466. Verrocchio was at this time the most gifted artist in Florence. Leonardo started his apprenticeship with the mixing of colors and then he painted simple parts of paintings. There are no works of Leonardo known between 1466 and 1472, but Leonardo taught himself to paint in oils at this time.
Leonardo was famous for painting and his most famous painting was Mona Lisa. He started paint
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