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Leonardo is entered in the Florentine painters' company as a public guild record

In 1472 Leonardo is entered in the Florentine painters' company. The guild record is a public labour heading, not a masterpiece. In the causal graph this event strengthens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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In 1472 Leonardo is entered in the Florentine painters' company. The guild record is a public labour heading, not a masterpiece. Leonardo da Vinci's documented role is: He was listed in the Compagnia di San Luca. The guild recorded; he did not found it.

Context

San Luca membership is corporate. Sharing it with the company is required. The setting of Leonardo is entered in the Florentine painters' company as a public guild record is the public file around 1472-01-01. Driver democratic-resilience is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Why it matters

Improving path from Leonardo is entered in the Florentine painters' company as a public guild record on 1472-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Leonardo is entered in the Florentine painters' company as a public guild record are separate paths.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Leonardo da Vinci

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

    He was listed in the Compagnia di San Luca. The guild recorded; he did not found it.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactLeonardo is entered in the Florentine painters' company as a public guild record
    2. strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 1 January 1472 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.17 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.7)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Clean elections index

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.

      Above normal = better

    • WJP Rule of Law Index (global)

      via Democratic Resilience

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      Above normal = better

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Met Heilbrunn — Leonardo da VinciMetropolitan Museum of Art · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Leonardo, painters' company 1472Encyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Leonardo, painters' company 1472 at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Met Heilbrunn — Leonardo da Vinci at https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/leon/hd_leon.htm (opens in a new tab) (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Official carrier: Britannica — Leonardo, painters' company 1472 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Met Heilbrunn — Leonardo da Vinci (https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/leon/hd_leon.htm (opens in a new tab); Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Established: a sourced public record of Leonardo is entered in the Florentine painters' company as a public guild record under 1472-01-01 for Leonardo da Vinci. Established: a sourced public record of Leonardo is entered in the Florentine painters' company as a public guild record under 1472-01-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Leonardo is entered in the Florentine painters' company as a public guild record. Naming Leonardo da Vinci does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1472-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorLeonardo da Vinci
  2. contributed toFactLeonardo is entered in the Florentine painters' company as a public guild record
  3. strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Leonardo is entered in the Florentine painters' company as a public guild record. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ldv-accademia-1472

https://factrail.ai/facts/ldv-accademia-1472

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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