Leonardo da Vinci - Invitation to France, Amboise

Biography of Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519), painter, artist, engineer and renaissance genius from Italy Florence. Find pictures and biographical notes you can't find elsewhere

Birthplace in Anchiano

Childhood in Vinci

Apprenticeship Florence

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The Impeachment

First period in Florence

Invitation to France

Death in Amboise

The Smile of Mona Lisa

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Invention of the Bicycle

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Leonardo da Vinci
Invitation to France

Amboise (France)

Leonardo da Vinci invited by King Francis I. to Amboise, France in the year 1516 to spend the last span of life. In his baggage was the famous painting Mona Lisa. Leonardo lived in Amboise in the small castle Cloux which is now called Le Clos Luce.

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