... an apprenticeship in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio in 1466. Verrocchio was the most gifted and popular artist in Florence at that time, and Verrocchio had influenced Leonardo greatly (http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html). Verrocchio gave him a place in his workshop because he was impressed with young Leonardo's drawings. Leonardo worked at the workshop of Verrocchio with other famous artists such as ... think her mysterious grin meant she was secretly pregnant (http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/vinci.html). However, several X-rays and close comparison with drawin...

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... fascinated by mechanical devices and Leonardo built many toys and machines to amuse him. Among them was a machine to turn copper metal into strips of uniform size. He also completed another great painting of John the Baptist as a young man. Leonardo had wished to keep studying human anatomy, but the Church would not allow him to examine and cut up dead bodies. Instead ... When he was about 12 years old, Leonardo moved to the bustling city of Florence with his father. Because young Leonardo demonstrated a great talent for drawing, his father later made him an apprentice in the studio of A...

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