Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in the village of Anchiano near the small town of Vinci, not far from Florence at "three in the morning" that is, at 22:30 modern time [source not specified 2566 days]. Noteworthy is the entry in the diary of Leonardo's grandfather, Antonio da Vinci (1372-1468) (literal translation): “On Saturday, at three o'clock in the morning on April 15, my grandson, the son of my son Piero, was born. The boy was named Leonardo. He was baptized by his father Piero di Bartolomeo. " His parents were 25-year-old notary Pierrot (1427-1504) and his beloved, a peasant woman Katerina. Leonardo spent the first years of his life with his mother. His father soon married a wealthy and noble girl, but this marriage turned out to be childless, and Pierrot took his three-year-old son for upbringing. Separated from his mother, Leonardo tried all his life to recreate her image in his masterpieces.