Leonardo da Vinci
1452 to 1519
10 documented presences
7 places
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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Leonardo da Vinci was documented, and when
15 April 1452exact date
Republic of Florenceattested
“Leonardo da Vinci, properly named Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ("Leonardo, son of ser Piero from Vinci"), was born on 15 April 1452 in, or close to, the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, Italy, 20 miles from Florence.”
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1499year
Milanattested
“When he fled from Milan to Venice in 1499, he found employment as an engineer and devised a system of moveable barricades to protect the city from attack.”
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1499year
Veniceattested
“When he fled from Milan to Venice in 1499, he found employment as an engineer and devised a system of moveable barricades to protect the city from attack.”
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1500 to 1502period
Republic of Florenceattested
“On his return to Florence in 1500, he and his household were guests of the Servite monks at the monastery of Santissima Annunziata and were provided with a workshop where, according to Vasari, Leonardo created the cartoon of The Virgin a…”
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1500 to 1502period
Cesenaattested
“On his return to Florence in 1500, he and his household were guests of the Servite monks at the monastery of Santissima Annunziata and were provided with a workshop where, according to Vasari, Leonardo created the cartoon of The Virgin a…”
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1502year
Milanattested
“File:Sainte Anne Leonard.jpg|The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, , Louvre, Paris File:Leonardo da Vinci - Plan of Imola - Google Art Project.jpg|Leonardo's map of Imola, created for Cesare Borgia, 1502 File:Leonardo da Vinci - Study of…”
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1507year
Republic of Florenceattested
“In 1507, Leonardo was in Florence sorting out a dispute with his brothers over the estate of his father, who had died in 1504.”
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September 1513month
Belvedere Courtyardattested
“From September 1513 to 1516, Leonardo spent much of his time living in the Belvedere Courtyard in the Apostolic Palace, where Michelangelo and Raphael were both active.”
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September 1513month
Apostolic Palaceattested
“From September 1513 to 1516, Leonardo spent much of his time living in the Belvedere Courtyard in the Apostolic Palace, where Michelangelo and Raphael were both active.”
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2 May 1519exact date
Clos Lucéattested
“Leonardo died at Clos Lucé on 2 May 1519 at the age of 67, possibly of a stroke.”
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Places Leonardo da Vinci is documented in
Republic of Florence3 presences · 1452 to 1507
Milan2 presences · 1499 to 1502Venice1 presence · 1499Apostolic Palace1 presence · 1513
Belvedere Courtyard1 presence · 1513
Cesena1 presence · 1500
Clos Lucé1 presence · 1519
Other places tied to Leonardo da Vinci in the record
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1469year
Republic of Florencementioned
“Ser Piero, who was the descendant of a long line of notaries, established an official residence in Florence by at least 1469 and had a successful career.”
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1479 to 1499period
Milanmentioned
“File:Madonna benois 01.jpg|Benois Madonna, , Hermitage, Saint Petersburg File:Leonardo da Vinci - Hanging of Bernardo Baroncelli 1479.jpg|Sketch of the hanging of Bernardo Bandini Baroncelli, 1479 Leonardo worked in Milan from 1482 until…”
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1479year
Republic of Florencementioned
“Another often-reproduced drawing is a macabre sketch that was done by Leonardo in Florence in 1479 showing the body of Bernardo Baroncelli, hanged in connection with the murder of Giuliano, brother of Lorenzo de' Medici, in the Pazzi con…”
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1482year
Milanmentioned
“In 1482 Leonardo went to Milan at the behest of Lorenzo de' Medici in order to win favour with Ludovico il Moro, and the painting was abandoned.”
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1485year
Hungarymentioned
“In the spring of 1485, Leonardo travelled to Hungary (on behalf of Sforza) to meet king Matthias Corvinus, and was commissioned by him to paint a Madonna.”
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1498year
Sforza Castlementioned
“Contemporary correspondence records that Leonardo and his assistants were commissioned by the Duke of Milan to paint the Sala delle Asse in the Sforza Castle, 1498.”
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1503year
Republic of Florencementioned
“Leonardo had left Borgia's service and returned to Florence by early 1503, where he rejoined the Guild of Saint Luke on 18 October of that year.”
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1505year
Salonementioned
“In 1505, Leonardo was commissioned to paint The Battle of Anghiari in the Salone dei Cinquecento ("Hall of the Five Hundred") in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.”
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1506year
Milanmentioned
“In 1506, Leonardo was summoned to Milan by Charles II d'Amboise, the acting French governor of the city.”
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1510 to 1511period
University of Paviamentioned
“From 1510 to 1511 he collaborated in his studies with the doctor Marcantonio della Torre, professor of Anatomy at the University of Pavia.”
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1512year
Milanmentioned
“In 1512, Leonardo was working on plans for an equestrian monument for Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, but this was prevented by an invasion of a confederation of Swiss, Spanish and Venetian forces, which drove the French from Milan.”
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March 1513month
Romementioned
“In March 1513, Lorenzo de' Medici's son Giovanni assumed the papacy (as Leo X); Leonardo went to Rome that September, where he was received by the pope's brother Giuliano.”
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21 March 1516exact date
Holy Seementioned
“On 21 March 1516 Antonio Maria Pallavicini, the French ambassador to the Holy See, received a letter sent from Lyon a week previously by the royal advisor Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, containing the French king's instruction…”
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21 March 1516exact date
Lyonmentioned
“On 21 March 1516 Antonio Maria Pallavicini, the French ambassador to the Holy See, received a letter sent from Lyon a week previously by the royal advisor Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, containing the French king's instruction…”
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21 March 1516exact date
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