Where did Leonardo da Vinci Live
By: Want To Know It
Leonardo da Vinci (full name: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci) is a famous Italian mathematician, engineer, inventor, painter, musician, botanist, writer and a whole lot more! Leonardo da Vinci is probably best known as a painter and his two most famous works of art are The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. Da Vinci also conceived ideas that were far ahead of his time. These ideas included solar power, a calculator and a helicopter. But where did Leonardo da Vinci live? This article will break down where he lived during different stages of his life, and also give three interesting facts about Leonardo da Vinci.
Where did Leonardo da Vinci Live
Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, in the Italian village of Vinci, Florence. For the first five years of his life he lived in Anchiano, a nearby village of Vinci. He then went to live with his father, his fathers new wife and his grandparent in Vinci. In 1466, Leonardo da Vinci was apprenticed to the successful artist Verrocchio. He was apprenticed until 1472. It is unknown exactly where he lived during these six years. He may have continued to live with his father or he may have lived at Verrocchio’s workshop. During the rest of his life, Leonardo da Vinci spent his time going between Florence and Milan. So now you know the answer to the question where did Leonardo da Vinci live. Now, let’s look at three great facts about Leonardo da Vinci.
Three Facts about Leonardo da Vinci
Fact 1: Leonardo da Vinci was the illegitimate son of Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci and a peasant named Caterina. There is some evidence that Caterina was a slave from the Middle East.
Fact 2: Leonardo greatly advanced knowledge in a number of scientific fields. These include anatomy, optics, hydrodynamics and civil engineering.
Fact 3: Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67, in Amboise.
20 Comments for Where did Leonardo da Vinci Live
1. Georg | October 7th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Does anybody know where Leonardo lived in Florence, the actual house he lived in?
2. timjon | October 8th, 2008 at 4:01 am
I’ve done a search of the net and cannot find any information about the actual address. Those records have probably been lost.
3. kaeley | November 6th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
where did leonardo live when he was just a teenager
4. timjon | November 6th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
From 1466 to 1471 he was aged 14-19 (a teenager). As it says in the post above, he was apprenticed to Verrocchio during that time. He did his apprenticeship at Florence, so I assume that he lived there. Although, as I said in the post, nobody knows for sure. It is very hard to find where historical people lived because the records for those times are very incomplete.
5. Kevin Baker | December 8th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
how old would he be right now at this time?
6. timjon | December 9th, 2008 at 12:56 am
As he was born in 1452, he would now be 556 years old.
7. whatever | January 25th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
If he was born in 1452 how did he get apprenticed in 1446?
8. Want to know it | January 26th, 2009 at 12:44 am
I must have typed it in wrong. It is fixed now. He was apprenticed in 1466.
9. sh0bizgurl | February 5th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
He was apprenticed when he was 12, not 14.
10. Want to know it | February 5th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
According to ‘The Life and Times of Leonardo’ (a book written by Liana Bortolon), he was apprenticed at 14.
11. katrina | March 7th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
this stuff is really interesting
12. Zahra Mossberg | March 12th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Where did he live when he died? Where did he die?
13. Want to know it | March 13th, 2009 at 2:20 am
He lived the last three years of his life, and died, in Amboise.
14. gailio | May 5th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
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15. rose | November 3rd, 2009 at 1:21 am
leonardo is the man
16. Pascal | March 8th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
It would have been a building on the outskirts of the center since Leonardo made comments of going into the city with a colored pencil to draw expressions.
It would be a building of high ceilings with a large doorway without steps since steps would have been detrimental to transport anything in and out of.
It would have been near the river also for the needs of transportation, in this case considering Verrochio s atelier which also would have had large slabs of marble.
It also would have probably had a veranda with courtyard within for plants, birds, and horses.
My guess is, it was on the river, a simple building with a balcony and a view.
17. Pascal | March 8th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Incidentally, Napoleon is rumored to have stayed at Hotel Bretagne which is situated on the river with easy access to the center. Napoleon of course had the mona lisa hanging in his bedroom back home…
18. xxalexx | April 15th, 2010 at 4:06 am
i like all the pictures he made i hope that still inside him hes happy even thought he passed away
19. Daniel Hartley | May 6th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
I wonder what he looked like if any one knows please post a comment
20. Laraine Konloravski | May 16th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
i am doing a project and need these answers. thank you, this was lots of help!!!
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