The <span>personal life of Leonardo da Vinci</span><span> 15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519 has been a subject of interest, inquiry, and speculation since the years immediately following his death. Leonardo has long been regarded as the archetypal </span>Renaissance man<span>, described by the Renaissance biographer </span>Giorgio Vasari<span> as having qualities that "transcended nature" and being "marvellously endowed with beauty, grace and talent in abundance.''</span><span> Interest in and curiosity about Leonardo has continued unabated for five hundred years.</span><span>Modern descriptions and analysis of Leonardo's character, personal desires and intimate behavior have been based upon various sources: records concerning him, his biographies, his own written journals, his paintings, his drawings, his associates, and commentaries that were made concerning him by contemporaries.</span>
