<P> In 1466 , at the age of fourteen , Leonardo was apprenticed to the artist Andrea di Cione , known as Verrocchio , whose bottega ( workshop ) was `` one of the finest in Florence '' . He apprenticed as a garzone ( studio boy ) to Andrea del Verrocchio , the leading Florentine painter and sculptor of his day ( and would do so for 7 years ) . Other famous painters apprenticed or associated with the workshop include Domenico Ghirlandaio , Perugino , Botticelli , and Lorenzo di Credi . Leonardo would have been exposed to both theoretical training and a vast range of technical skills , including drafting , chemistry , metallurgy , metal working , plaster casting , leather working , mechanics and carpentry as well as the artistic skills of drawing , painting , sculpting and modelling . </P>
<P> In 1466 , at the age of fourteen , Leonardo was apprenticed to the artist Andrea di Cione , known as Verrocchio , whose bottega ( workshop ) was `` one of the finest in Florence '' . He apprenticed as a garzone ( studio boy ) to Andrea del Verrocchio , the leading Florentine painter and sculptor of his day ( and would do so for 7 years ) . Other famous painters apprenticed or associated with the workshop include Domenico Ghirlandaio , Perugino , Botticelli , and Lorenzo di Credi . Leonardo would have been exposed to both theoretical training and a vast range of technical skills , including drafting , chemistry , metallurgy , metal working , plaster casting , leather working , mechanics and carpentry as well as the artistic skills of drawing , painting , sculpting and modelling . </P>
when did leonardo da vinci start painting at what age
when did leonardo da vinci start painting at what age
fourteen
fourteen