Tidbits about a pretty well known person

Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo from the town of Vinci – no last name) was born a bastard to a servant girl which means he could never hold political office and could not inherit his fathers estate. He was also left handed which was frowned on. He could and did write backwards at times but it is doubtful that this was for secrecy since it can be easily read once you know how it was written. Leonardo liked to try new things and ‘The Last Supper’ was painted ‘secco’ or oil painting on a dry wall, a style that turned out to be a failure which explains the poor state of that painting today. His painting of ‘The Last Supper’ was famous in his day but the ‘Mona Lisa’ was not known until many years after his death.

(The Great Courses – Leonardo da Vinci and the Italian High Renaissance)

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