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1452 – 1519Leonardo da VinciPainter, sculptor, engineer, scientist — the ultimate Renaissance manLeonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, near Florence, and died on May 2, 1519 in Clos Lucé, France. The most diversely talented person who ever lived, he excelled as painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, botanist and writer.
1519Leonardo dies at Clos LucéAge 67 — May 2, 1519Leonardo da Vinci died peacefully at Clos Lucé, Amboise, France, on May 2, 1519, aged 67, reportedly in the arms of King Francis I. He left his paintings, notebooks and scientific studies to his pupil Francesco Melzi. His notebooks were not published for centuries.