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This year marks the 500th anniversary of the death of the world’s best-known artist, Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519). Having lived a life of relentless creativity in Renaissance Italy and France, the great man’s trail can easily be traced across the galleries, museums and cities of his native and adoptive homelands. 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