| LC control no. | n 98088614 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Last Supper |
| Variant(s) | Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Cenacolo Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Cène Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Dernier souper Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Ultima cena |
| Biography/History note | The Last Supper is a mural painting depicting the Last Supper as told in the Gospel of John. It was begun about 1495 and completed in 1498 by Leonardo da Vinci in the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. |
| Form of work | Mural Mural paintings (visual works) |
| Beginning date | 1495~ 1495~ |
| Ending date | 1498 1497 |
| Place of origin | Milan (Italy) |
| Characteristic | Santa Maria delle Grazie (Church : Milan, Italy) |
| Found in | Leonardo, c1999: t.p. (L'ultima cena) Le dernier souper et ses anges copieurs, c1993: p. 3 (Le Dernier Souper de Léonardo de Vinci) Oxford art online, 16 June 2010 (Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper (begun c. 1495, completed 1497), tempera mural, S Maria delle Grazie, Milan) Leonardo : il Cenacolo svelato = the Last Supper unveiled = la Cène dévoilée, 2011 Wikipedia, July 1, 2014 (The Last Supper (Italian: Il Cenacolo or L'Ultima Cena) is a late 15th-century mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan; The work is presumed to have been commenced around 1495; painting represents the scene of The Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples, as it is told in the Gospel of John, 13:21; Leonardo began work on The Last Supper in 1495 and completed it in 1498--he did not work on the painting continuously. The beginning date is not certain, as the archives of the convent for the period have been destroyed and a document dated 1497 indicates that the painting was nearly completed at that date; painted on a dry wall rather than on wet plaster, so it is not a true fresco) About.com Art history website, July 1, 2014 ('The Last Supper' by Leonardo da Vinci; original mural is on a wall of the refectory (dining hall) in the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy; Leonardo began working on it in 1495, and finished it in 1498; Instead of using tempera on wet plaster (the preferred method of fresco painting, and one which had worked successfully for centuries), he thought he used dry plaster) Britannica online, July 1, 2014 (Leonardo's Last Supper (1495-98) is among the most famous paintings in the world; He bypassed traditional fresco painting, which, because it is executed on fresh plaster, demands quick and uninterrupted painting, in favour of another technique he had developed: tempera on a base, which he mixed himself, on the stone wall. This procedure proved unsuccessful, inasmuch as the base soon began to loosen from the wall. Damage appeared by the beginning of the 16th century, and deterioration soon set in. By the middle of the century the work was called a ruin. Later, inadequate attempts at restoration only aggravated the situation, and not until the most modern restoration techniques were applied after World War II was the process of decay halted. A major restoration campaign begun in 1980 and completed in 1999 restored the work to brilliance but also revealed that very little of the original paint remains.) |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 85076022 |
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