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Excerpt from Leonardo Da Vinci
Soon after this date - perhaps in I47o - Leon ardo was introduced by his father into the bottega of Andrea Verrocchio and the garrulous Vasari has many charming romances to tell us concern ing this first episode in the young artist's career. Here he found as fellow pupil, Lorenzo di Credi, and he became acquainted with Perugino and Botticelli. Early in July 1472 his name first occurs in the Books of the Company Of Florentine Painters, as a member Of their Guild. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.