Leonardo was born on the night of April 14/15, 1452 in the afternoon. The mountainous region of Tuscan is in Vinci, in the lower reaches of the Arno River. He was the illegitimate child of Pierre de Vinci, a notary in Florence, and Katrina, a rural woman. Her mother was probably a maid from the Middle East. From a modern point of view, Leonardo had no family name. "The Vinci" means he came from the city of Vinci. His full name "Leonardo da Ser Piero da Vinci" means Piero's son Leonardo and he was born in Vinci.
Very little is known about the first part of Leonardo's life. He spent the first 5 years of his life in a small village in Ansiano. He then moved to Francisco to live with his father, grandparents and uncle. His father married a sixteen-year-old girl named Albira. He loved Leonardo very much. But he died at a young age. After that, Leonardo recorded two incidents about his teenage life. The first is - once a kite suddenly descends from the sky and passes over its cradle, its tail feathers turn in its face. People took this event as a sign of success in his future life. The second incident is that he once went for a walk in a mountain as a child. There he discovered a cave. The cave was dark, and he thought there must be some giant hidden inside. But because of his indomitable curiosity, he also found out what was in the cave.
Sixteenth-century biographer Vasari wrote biographies of renaissance painters. In his account of Leonardo, he says that Leonardo's father was told by a local man to ask his son to draw a picture. Leonardo drew a picture in response to this request. There was fire coming out of the mouth of a snake. The picture was so beautiful that Piero sold it to local art dealers at a very good price. And the man who asked her to draw the picture gave him a heart-shaped plaque.
Education
Vinci did not receive any formal education. Everything in his studies is domestic. He had a great attraction towards nature. That's why he likes to spend most of his time outside. In 146, when Leonardo was 14, he was sent to Del Verrocchi as an apprentice, and his talents soon became known. It is said that Vinci's "The Baptism of Christ" was so masterful that after seeing it, Verocchi bet on giving up painting for life.