Salaì
Sign in to saveGian 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
- Born
- 1480-01-01
- Died
- 1524-01-19
- Works
- 4
Top works
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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
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1480
- Died
- 19 January 1524
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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
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Article
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==