Salaì Artist

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.

Personal facts

Salaì
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1480
Birth place
Italy , Vimercate
Nationality
Italians
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1524
Place of death
Italy , Milan

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Artist

Movement
High Renaissance

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Salaì on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://issuu.com/akenpapers/docs/leonardo-salai__eng_
  2. http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15324coll10/id/84801/rec/2