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Leonardo da Vinci
Self-portrait, drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1517ā18; in the Royal Library, Turin, Italy.
Leonardo da Vinci died on May 2, 1519, in the small residence of Cloux (now known as Clos-LucƩ), located near Amboise, France.123
While a popular historical account by Giorgio Vasari suggests that Leonardo died in the arms of King Francis I, this narrative is considered ahistorical, as royal records confirm the king was not in Amboise on the day of the artist's death.2