sentences:  His disciples Francesco Melzi and Salaì followed him throughout his travels, as did his servant, Batista of Vilanis.Benvenuto Cellini wrote that king Francis I gave Leonardo da Vinci a pension of 700 gold ecus, as well as buying his artwork allowing him to live and work in the Clos Lucé.Leonardo da Vinci was appointed ‘The first painter, engineer and architect of the King’.