Salaì
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, Andrea Salai, Andrea Salario, Salaj, Gian Giacomo Caprotti, Salai, Andrea Salaj, Salaì Caprotti
Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, better known as Salaì (1480 – 19 January 1524), was an Italian artist and pupil of Leonardo da Vinci from 1490 to 1518. Salaì entered Leonardo's household at the age of ten. Salai created paintings under the name of Andrea Salaì. He was described as one of Leonardo's students and lifelong companion and servant and was the model for Leonardo's St. John the Baptist, Bacchus, and Angelo incarnato.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
- What would Pope Francis do?
- Sharing Faith Online, a Guide to Digital Evangelization
- Sharing the Catholic Faith Online
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 5
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Key facts
- Artist.name
- Salaì
- Artist.image
- Leonardo Salai.JPG
- Artist.caption
- Drawing thought to be Salaìby Leonardo da Vinci
- Artist.birth_name
- Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno
- Artist.birth_date
- 1480
- Artist.birth_place
- Oreno, Vimercate, Italy
- Artist.death_date
- 19 January
- Artist.death_place
- Milan, Italy
- Artist.movement
- High Renaissance
- Artist.patrons
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Artist.works
- Monna Vanna, Penitent Magdalene
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Milan
- Occupation
- inventor
- Notable work
- Nude Mona Lisa
- Student of
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Genre
- portrait
- Movement
- High Renaissance
- Image
- School of Leonardo da Vinci - (Salai).jpg
- Work location
- Milan
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- Commons category
- Gian Giacomo Caprotti
- date of birth
- 1480-01-01
- date of death
- 1524-01-19
- has works in the collection
- Pinacoteca Ambrosiana
- name in native language
- Salaì
- different from
- Sarai
- Commons Creator page
- Salaì
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Salaì, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Salaì's sexuality
- Relationship to the ''Mona Lisa''
- In popular culture
- Films
- Others
- Notes
- References
- External links
Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, better known as Salaì (1480 – 19 January 1524), was an Italian artist and pupil of Leonardo da Vinci from 1490 to 1518. Salaì entered Leonardo's household at the age of ten. Salai created paintings under the name of Andrea Salaì. He was described as one of Leonardo's students and lifelong companion and servant and was the model for Leonardo's St. John the Baptist, Bacchus, and Angelo incarnato.
==Early life==
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