 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1506, Leonardo akashevedzwa kuMilan naCharles II dAmboise, gavhuna wechiFrench womuMilan. Ikoko, Leonardo akatora mumwe mudzidzi, Count Francesco Melzi, mwanakomana womumwe mutongi wechiLombard, uyo anoonekwa kuva akanga ari mudzidzi wake waaida zvikuru. Dare reFlorenceLeonardo aida kudzoka nokukurumidza kuti apedze The Battle of Anghiari, asi akapiwa zororo nokuda kwaLouis XII, uyo akarangarira kurayira muimbi kuti aite mifananidzo yakati. Leonardo angave akatanga chirongwa chechifananidzo chemutasvi webhiza cha dAmboise; mufananidzo wewax wakapona uye, kana uri wechokwadi, ndiwo muenzaniso bedzi uripo wechivezwa chaLeonardo. Pane zvimwe zvose, Leonardo akanga akasununguka kuita zvaaifarira zvesayenzi. Vakawanda vevadzidzi vaLeonardo vakakurumbira vaiziva kana kuti vaishanda naye muMilan, kusanganisira Bernardino Luini, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, naMarco dOggiono. Muna 1507, Leonardo akanga ari muFlorence achigadzirisa gakava raaiva naro nevakoma vake pamusoro penhaka yababa vake, vakanga vafa muna 1504. 