Leonardo and the Last Supper

Early in 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began work in Milan on what would become one of history''s most influential and beloved works of art--The Last Supper. After a dozen years at the court of Lodovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, Leonardo was at a low point personally and professionally: at 43, in an era when he had almost reached the average life expectancy, he had failed, despite a number of prestigio...