Interesting Facts about LAST SUPPER PAINTING ***

Facts About the Last Supper

Facts About

Facts About Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci was a genius of the renaissance period. His skills were legendary - painter, architect, engineer, mathematician and philosopher but he is perhaps best known for his paintings especially that of the Last Supper. This famous work of art was painted for a patron of Leonardo da Vinci called Duke Lodovico Sforza.

Concise Biography, History & Facts About the artist - Leonardo da Vinci
Nationality - Italian
Place of Birth - Vinci, Italy
Lifespan - April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519

Family - Son of Ser Piero di Antonio and Caterina
Educated - Served as an apprentice to Andrea del Verrocchio

Increase your knowledge of Facts about the famous works

Da Vinci started to work at this painting in 1495
He spent two years on the painting
It is painted as an Oil-tempera mixture on wall
The size - 13' 10" x 29' 7½" (421.6 x 903 cm)
The subject of the Last Supper is a scene from the final days of Jesus as depicted in the Christian Bible
There is a theory that the person to the left of Jesus (on his right) is actually Mary Magdalene, rather than the apostle John
It has undergone significant restoration since the 16th century
It can be seen in the Refectory, S. Maria delle Grazie, in Milan