Brief summary of Pinin Brambilla Barcilon and Pietro C. Marani's book Leonardo, The Last Supper. Includes images selected from the book showing the restoration of Leonardo's The Last Supper.

Learn the history behind Da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' and other interesting facts.

View pictures and a short description of artwork depicting various scenes from the life of Christ.

Born near the town of Vinci in 1452, Leonardo trained in the Florentine workshop of Andrea Verrocchio (1435-88). His first masterpiece was the unfinished Adoration of the Magi (1481, Uffizi, Florence). In 1481-2 he traveled to Milan to...