Why Leonardo da Vinci?
Leonardo da Vinci, whose self portrait is shown here, is well known as a master Florentine painter of the Renaissance. He was born and raised in Vinci, a Tuscan mountain town, in 1452. The son of a wealthy notary, he was given the best education that Florence could provide. He had a profound and insatiable love of knowledge and research which proved to be the controlling factor in his life.
