The mind of the painter is a copy of the divine mind, since it operates freely in creating countless forms of animals, plants, fruits, landscapes, countrysides, ruins, and other things.
— Leonardo da Vinci Early Modern

Polymath, artist, inventor, scientist

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c. 1490-1519

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