Leonardo da Vinci, ( Italian: “Leonardo<span> from </span>Vinci<span>”) (born April 15, 1452, Anchiano, near </span>Vinci<span>, Republic of Florence [Italy]—died May 2, 1519, Cloux [now Clos-Lucé], France), Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose genius</span>
