Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), was one of the greatest painters and most versatile geniuses in history. His portrait Mona Lisa and his religious scene The Last Supper rank among the most famous pictures ever painted.
Leonardo, as he is almost always called, was trained to be a painter. But his interests and achievements spread into an astonishing variety of fields that are now considered scientific specialties. Leonardo studied anatomy, astronomy, botany, geology, geometry, and optics, and he designed machines and drew plans for hundreds of inventions.
Leonardo was probably born outside the village of Vinci, near Florence in central Italy. The name Da Vinci simply means From Vinci.
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