In Assassin's Creed II, which historical artist helps Ezio create a flying machine?

Leonardo da Vinci helps Ezio create a flying machine in Assassin’s Creed II. Leonardo is presented as an ally, inventor, and artist who studies pages from Altaïr’s Codex and turns their designs into useful inventions for Ezio.

The flying-machine sequence takes place during Ezio’s campaign in Venice. Leonardo modifies a glider inspired by his investigations into flight, and Ezio uses it to cross the city during a mission. The scene blends a real Renaissance figure with fictional technology and makes Leonardo part of the game’s broader historical adventure.

Leonardo da Vinci was a real Italian polymath who lived from 1452 to 1519 and is associated with works such as The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. Michelangelo and Raphael were also important Renaissance artists, but they do not fill Leonardo’s inventor role in this sequence. Botticelli likewise appears in the cultural background of the period but does not build Ezio’s flying machine.