Leonardo da Vinci spent his childhood in a home awarded to him by Francis I of France.
Leonardo da Vinci . Born out of wedlock to a notary , Piero da Vinci , and a peasant woman , Caterina , in Vinci in the region of Florence , Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter Andrea del Verrocchio . He later worked in Rome , Bologna and Venice , and he spent his last years in France at the home awarded to him by Francis I of France .