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Italian metallurgist and alchemist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tommaso di Giovanni Masini (c. 1462 – 1520), known as Zoroastro da Peretola, was a friend and collaborator of Leonardo da Vinci.[1][2]
Tommaso Masini | |
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Born | Tommaso di Giovanni Masini 1462 |
Died | 1520 (aged 58) |
Burial place | Church of Sant'Agata dei Goti |
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]
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