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7.
Portrait of a Lady from the Court of Milan
, c. 1490–95 (oil on panel), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452–1519) / Louvre, Paris, France / Giraudon / The Bridgeman Art Library.

8.
The Proportions of the Human Figure
(after Vitruvius), c. 1492 (pen & ink on paper), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452–1519) / Galleria dell’ Accademia, Venice, Italy / The Bridgeman Art Library.

9. Andy Warhol,
The Last Supper
, 1986. Screenprint and colored graphic art paper on collage on paper. 23 5/8 × 31 ½ inches. © 2012 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

A Note on the Author

Ross King
is the highly praised author of
Brunelleschi’s Dome
,
Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling
,
The Judgment of Paris, Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power
,
Defiant Spirits
, and two novels,
Ex Libris
and
Domino
. He lives outside Oxford, England.

ALSO BY ROSS KING

NONFICTION

Defiant Spirits
Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power
The Judgment of Paris
Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling
Brunelleschi’s Dome

FICTION
Ex-Libris
Domino

Copyright © 2012 by Ross King

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

King, Ross, 1962–

Leonardo and the Last supper / Ross King.—First U.S. edition.

pages cm

1. Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519. Last supper. I. Title.

ND623.L5A683 2012

759.5—dc23

2012005358

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First U.S. edition 2012

First electronic edition published October 2012

ISBN 978-0-8027-7880-2 (e-book)

Table of Contents

Title Page

Contents

Dedication

Epigraph

Map of Italy in 1494

Sforza-Visconti Family Tree

The Last Supper with Apostles Identified

Chapter 1: The Bronze Horse

Chapter 2: Portrait of the Artist as a Middle-Aged Man

Chapter 3: The Cenacolo

Chapter 4: Dinner in Jerusalem

Chapter 5: Leonardo’s Court

Chapter 6: The Holy League

Chapter 7: Secret Recipes

Chapter 8: “Trouble from This Side and That”

Chapter 9: Every Painter Paints Himself

Chapter 10: A Sense of Perspective

Chapter 11: A Sense of Proportion

Chapter 12: The Beloved Disciple

Chapter 13: Food and Drink

Chapter 14: The Language of the Hands

Chapter 15: “No One Loves the Duke”

Epilogue: Tell Me If I Ever Did a Thing

Color Insert

Acknowledgments

Notes

Footnotes

Selected Bibliography

Illustration Credits

A Note on the Author

Also by Ross King

eCopyright

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