“The Last Supper” commission was not one that Leonardo ... father of the reigning duke of Milan, Lodovico Sforza, Leonardo’s principal patron. That project effectively ended in 1494 when ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is one of the most iconic artworks in Western history. But from the moment the paint ...

His boss was Lodovico Sforza, the duke of Milan. The artist certainly ... The convent wall became “The Last Supper,” one of the great masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance.

It was through Ludovico Sforza who became Duke of Milan by usurping Gian ... monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. Though The Last Supper is said to have revealed Leonardo at his ...

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However, in Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper—possibly the most famous ... of a painting technique he invented for the Duke of Milan’s commission. He fixed tempera and oil to the wall, but ...

Leonardo da Vinci's famous 15th-century work, "The Last Supper" (or “Il Cenacolo” in Italian) lies inside Milan's Santa Maria delle Grazie church. Depicting the moment that Christ tells his ...

ONE August night in 1943, a British bomb fell on the little refectory of Milan’s Santa Maria delle ... stood—like playing cards on edge. The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece ...

MILAN, Italy — Now that the Catholic Church ... encoded in Leonardo da Vinci’s world-famous painting, “The Last Supper.” Philstar.com visited “The Last Supper” last year and discovered ...