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The secret world of Leonardo da Vinci, with Jonathan Jones

A photo shows a part of the unfinished painting
A photo shows a part of the unfinished painting "Le Saint Jerome" by Leonardo da Vinci on display at the Clos Luce museum, in Amboise, central France, on June 7, 2022. Photograph: Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty Images

He was a polymath, known for his activities as a scientist, an inventor, a botanist, an astronomer, an engineer and, of course, as an artist – to name but a few. But while his sketches, sculptures and paintings have influenced the last five hundred years of artistry and intellectual thinking, how much do we really know about Leonardo da Vinci?

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