Tommaso Masini

Tommaso Masini
Born
Tommaso di Giovanni Masini

1462
Peretola
Died1520 (aged 58)
Rome, Italy
Burial placeChurch of Sant'Agata dei Goti

Tommaso di Giovanni Masini (c. 1462 – 1520), known as Zoroastro da Peretola, was a friend and collaborator of Leonardo da Vinci.[1][2]

According to Scipione Ammirato, he was born in Peretola, near Florence, and he was the child of a gardener,[3] although he said he was the illegitimate child of Bernardo Rucellai, Lorenzo il Magnifico brother-in-law.[2][4]

In 1505 he returned to Florence and worked with Leonardo in The Battle of Anghiari.[5]

He was buried at the Church of Sant'Agata dei Goti.[2]

References

  1. ^ Marani, Pietro (2005). "Leonardo da Vinci". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 64. Treccani. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Nicholl, Charles (2005). Leonardo Da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind. Penguin. ISBN 9780141944241. OCLC 56334378.
  3. ^ Ammirato, Scipione (1637). Opuscoli. Vol. II. p. 242. OCLC 46690828.
  4. ^ Conti, Marco (2004). "Tommaso Masini, detto Zoroastro" (PDF) (in Italian). Comune di Firenze. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. ^ Laurenza, Domenico (2004). Leonardo: On Flight. Giunti Editore. p. 119. ISBN 9788809037847.