StarEagle, Chad, G3000F, Leonardo da Vinci Masterpieces, Mint State
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This set has been created to due to the release of the Chad G3000F, Mint State Leonardo da Vinci coins (Issued in 2024). These coins are undated due to no date was annotated on the reverse side of the coins. They were considered a "collection" instead of each coin standing on it's own. Descriptions of each coin and their subject matter has been researched and annotated to give each its own history.
Leonardo da Vinci Masterpieces
These graceful Gold coins are part of the series "Leonardo da Vinci Masterpieces", dedicated to 12 fascinating paintings and drawings by Leonardo da Vinci.
Wikipedia:
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and paleontology. Leonardo is widely regarded to have been a genius who epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal, and his collective works comprise a contribution to later generations of artists matched only by that of his younger contemporary Michelangelo.
12 Things You Should Know About Leonardo Da Vinci:
1. Leonardo Da Vinci was born near Florence in Italy in 1452.
2. Leonardo’s parents were not married. His father, Ser Piero, was a wealthy Florentine lawyer and his mother, Caterina, was a young peasant girl. He spent his early years with his mother but then lived in the household of his father, grandparents and uncle. His father went on to marry four times!
3. Da Vinci was a huge animal lover. He even chose to be a vegetarian, something that was very unusual in those days. He was said to buy animals from the market just so he could set them free from their cages!
4. Leonardo was left-handed. But as well as using his left hand to write, he wrote back to front, from right to left across the page which meant that, for many years, people were unable to understand his notes. This kind of ‘mirror writing’ led people to believe that Da Vinci wanted to keep his ideas secret!
5. Leonardo obviously had an amazing mind but believe it or not he never went to school! Instead, he was taught reading, writing and maths at home.
6. The Mona Lisa is a portrait of the wife of a Florentine official. Apparently, he ordered music to be played at every sitting so the lady’s smile would remain! Little did Da Vinci know that this was to become arguably the world’s most famous painting!
7. One of today’s most successful figures, Bill Gates, the man behind Microsoft computers, was obviously inspired by Leonardo’s mind. He paid a cool 30.8 million dollars for a 500-year-old manuscript written by Da Vinci.
8. Leonardo’s surname Da Vinci simply means ‘of Vinci’, a Tuscan village not far from Florence, which is where his father’s family took their name.
9. There are actually two versions of Da Vinci’s famous painting The Virgin of the Rocks. The first, which he began painting in 1478, hangs in the Louvre. He later painted another version which is in London’s National Gallery.
10. Leonardo was tall, at least 5 ft 8, athletic and handsome! As he grew older, he wore his hair long, grew a beard down to his chest and wore brightly-coloured clothes, which was very different to other men of his time.
11. At the age of 14, he began a nine-year apprenticeship with the renowned painter, sculptor, and goldsmith Verrocchio.
12. Leonardo da Vinci embodies the ideal of the Renaissance "universal man," excelling in various fields like art, science, and engineering.
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