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| Leonardo da Vinci |
However Leonardo da Vinci signed most of his work with his first name, presumably because he was an illegitimate child.
Leonardo's father was a 25 year old public notary at the time Leonardo was born.
Leonardo's mother, Catarina, was the daughter of a local farmer. Due to this difference in social class, Leonardo's father married another woman and Leonardo became an illegitimate child.
It was often told that Leonardo drove his teachers crazy with all his questions. When he was 14, Leonardo moved with his father to Florence where he became an apprentice to painter Andrea del Verrocchio.
Verrocchio was at this time the most gifted artist in Florence.
He was a sculptor, painter, goldsmith, bronze caster and more. In Verrocchio's workshop, Leonardo da Vinci also met up with other famous artists Botticelli, Perugino and Lorenzo di Credi.
Leonardo da Vinci got listed in the red book of painters from Florence in 1472, which meant that at that moment his apprenticeship was finished.