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Leonardo Di Vinci

Mona lisa
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
born on the 15Th of April 1452 Da Vinci lived until May 2, 1519 (aged 67)


Leonardo was known for many different things,some say he was a superhuman Leonardo had many talents such as Painting,Mathematics,Scientist,writer,Botanist (flower/plant researcher)
Leonardo was born in Florence a peasant lady as his mother and
Piero da Vinci as his father,Piero da Vinci was a very wealthy man and gave Leonardo the best education he possibly could.Not much is known about Leonardo's early life apart from that he lived anchiano for the first 5 years of his life,Later on his father married a 16 year old girl who loved Leonardo very deeply but she died young
when Leonardo was 16 his father had gotten married again to a 20 year old Francesca.
In 1517, Leonardo moved to the Chateau of Cloux, near Amboise in France, where he died on 2 May 1519


The painting of the Mona Lisa
 He began
painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 or 1504 in Florence, Italy and finishedn in 1507
He
made for a man named Francesco Del Giocondo. The Mona Lisa is supposed to be Francesco's wife but some believe that its Leonardo as a women because his face fits Perfectly into the painting.
Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa at the Sistine Chapel in Rome Italy.
On August 21 1911 the Mona Lisa was stolen, it was not noticed until the next day mid afternoon, Around 60 investigators were looking for the famous painting. After two years then being 1913 of hearing no word about the real Mona Lisa investigators had done it they had matched the finger print that was on the Mona Lisa's casing which was left of the stair case in 1911. Alfredo Geri was found guilty, after many arrests for Innocent people they had found the man who had stolen the great painting,it has now been 100 years with the Mona Lisa been untouched now still in its casing in the Louvre where it belongs because it truly is a piece of amazing history.

The painting of last super
Leonardo's best piece of work from the 1490s is the last supper,which was painted in Milan the painting represents the last meal with Jesus crist before he was killed, painted in 1495 it took  3 years to make so he was finished in 1948
it was made for duke Ludovico Sforza  and his duchess Beatrice d'sedza
In the late 90's the painting was majorly damaged and took 21 years to restore and moved it to a more controlled  environment,When shown to the public they noticed  the dramatic changes  To the colours tones and even little bits of facial shapes,and it is now held in the Luther museum in Germany

Leonardo's inventions
Leonardo had one of the most creative minds in the world which he used for inventing things. Leonardo did not attend any university for formal education.
invented the parachute, the hand-glider,diving gear,an army tank,an early bicycle,musical instruments, hydraulic pumps, finned mortar shells, steam cannon,flying machines,scissors,helicopter,and an light hang glider. But most of his inventions were left unfinished. A few hundred years after Leonardo died the helicopter was built. submarine,a flying machine and many war tools.
Leonardo loved to invent and if it wasnt for him we wouldnt be able to have all these things today.

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