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Portrait of Francis I</em>, Jean Clouet, c1525<br />
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Roman period 1513 - 1516

In December, Leonardo was in Bologna in the company of Giuliano de’ Medici to attend the meeting of Pope Leo X and King Francis I.

Leonardo invents a large automated lion that was sent from Florence to Lyon as a coronation gift to the new King of France, Francis I.

King Francis I reoccupies Milan.