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Tommaso Masini
BornTommaso 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.

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

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

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

References

  1. Marani, Pietro (2005). "Leonardo da Vinci". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 64. Treccani. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. ^ 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.


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