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Lorenzo de' Medici</em>, Andrea del Verrocchio, 1480<br />
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First Florentine period 1464/69 - 1481/83

Following the death of his grandfather, Leonardo probably moves to his father’s household in Florence, where Ser Piero is working as a notary at the Palagio del Podestà (the seat of the chief law officer, today the Palazzo del Bargello).

Death of Piero de’ Medici. His son Lorenzo il Magnifico, “the Magnificent”, takes control of Florence.