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LEONARDO DA VINCI
1452 - 1519
Leonardo was a genius, an artist and an
inventor.
Leonardo's father was Ser Piero, his
mother was Caterina.
What's new?
Agnese Sabato and Alessandro
Vezzosi, apparently experts when it comes to all things Leonardo,
suggest that Leonardo Da Vinci was the son of a slave girl and had
at least 21 half-siblings. They say that father Piero married not
Leo's mother but four other chicks and that Leo's mother Caterina
married another guy and had five children from that relationship.
CATERINA A SLAVE GIRL?
Discovery Channel
reports: Very little has been known about da Vinci's mother and the
circumstances of his birth. The only account dates to a 1457 tax
record in which the artist's grandfather listed the members of his
family and briefly described his grandson:
"Lionardo, aged 5, the illegitimate child of Ser Piero and Caterina,
who at present is married to Acchattabriga di Piero del Vaccha da
Vinci."
Beyond this, scholars had very little to go on. While Ser Piero was
easily identified as a Florentine notary, nothing was known about
Caterina. As legend has it, she was a peasant girl from Vinci.
Now, 30-year-old research conducted by the late director of the
Leonardo Library, published by his son Francesco, suggests a
completely different scenario.
"Archival research has shown that there isn't any Caterina in Vinci
or nearby villages that can be linked to Ser Piero. The only
Caterina in Piero's life seems to be a slave girl who lived in the
house of his wealthy friend Vanni di Niccolo di Ser Vanni," Cianchi
wrote.
Evidence for "the slave Caterina" comes from Vanni's newly
discovered will. The wealthy banker named his friend Ser Piero the
executor of his will, and left most of his estate to a religious
order. He left the slave girl to his wife Agnola and his Florentine
house in via Ghibellina to Ser Piero.
Read the entire Discovery Channel article...
Most famous are his paintings Last
Supper and Mona Lisa.
LAST SUPPER
MONA LISA
Some people think they can see hidden images in Leo's paintings.
Check it out:
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