Andrea Salaino - Milan, Italy
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This sculpture is part of the Leonardo da Vinci Monument in Milan. D'Oggiono was one of Leonardo's students.
Waymark Code: WMNJP1
Location: Lombardia, Italy
Date Posted: 03/24/2015
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Andrea Salaino was also known as Andrea Salai or just Salai and was born Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno.
This life-sized marble sculpture is one of a handful that are part of the Leonardo da Vinci Monument in Milan.
The work depicts Salaino as a young man with long hair, holding a book, probably a sketchpad, with his left hand as he is about to write or draw with his right.
Wikipedia (
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"Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, better known as Salaì ("The Devil", lit. "The little unclean one") (1480 – before 10 March 1524), was an Italian artist and pupil of Leonardo da Vinci from 1490 to 1518. Salai entered Leonardo's household at the age of 10. He created paintings under the name of Andrea Salai. He was described as one of Leonardo's students and lifelong servant and is the presumed model for Leonardo's paintings St. John the Baptist and Bacchus."