![[Francesco Melzi.jpg|300]]
## Links
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Melzi)
## Mentions
- [["Leonardo da Vinci" by Walter Isaacson]]
## Notes (from [["Leonardo da Vinci" by Walter Isaacson]])
- He is talked about in a section from page 385-387.
- Son of wealthy nobleman.
- Very good draughtsman, but no master.
- He was sort of apprenticed m to [[Leonardo da Vinci]] when he was 14 and Leonardo was 55.
- They were close companions for the rest of Leonardo’s life. He almost essential adopted him and it was very much a father/son relationship.
- Melzi was loyal and stable, unlike Salaì.