![[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.