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  1. Born in c.1354, Viridis was born in Milan, a daughter of the Lord of Milan, Bernabò Visconti and his wife Beatrice Regina della Scala. Viridis and the rest of her sisters secured politically advantageous marriages. Marriage. Viridis married Leopold III, Duke of Austria, son of Albert II, Duke of Austria and his wife Johanna of Pfirt. The ...

  2. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci [b] (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. [3] While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made ...

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  4. Biography. Leonardo was born to unmarried parents on 23-24 April 1452 (old system: 15 April 1452), "at the third hour of the night" [4] in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the lower valley of the Arno River in the territory of the Republic of Florence. He was the out-of-wedlock son of the wealthy Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci, a ...

  5. The Artist. Biography. The illegitimate son of a 25-year-old notary, Ser Piero, and a peasant girl, Caterina, Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, just outside Florence. His father took custody of him shortly after his birth. Growing up in his father's Vinci home, Leonardo had access to scholarly texts owned by family and friends.

  6. Leonardo’s birth was recorded by his paternal grandfather, Antonio da Vinci, on the last page of his family memories book. “A grandson was born to me, son of my son Ser Piero, on the 15th day of April, a Saturday, at 3 in the morning. He has the name Lionardo.

  7. Dec 6, 2023 · by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin of the Rocks, c. 1491–1508, oil on panel, 189.5 x 120 cm (The National Gallery, London). Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Left: Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin of the Rocks, c. 1483–86, oil on panel, 199 x 122 cm ( Musée du Louvre ); right: Leonardo da ...

  8. Aug 9, 2022 · Based on Roman architect Vitruvius’s work, Leonardo’s pen-and-ink “Vitruvius Man” (ca 1487), depicting a male figure in two superimposed positions with extended arms and legs within a ...

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