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Leonardo's Last Supper (restored version) | |
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Artist | Leonardo da Vinci |
Year | 1495–1498 |
Type | tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic |
Dimensions | 460 cm × 880 cm (181 in × 346 in) |
Location | Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan |
45°28′00″N 9°10′15″E / 45.46667°N 9.17083°E |
Replicas, or more accurately reproductions, of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, were begun in Leonardo's own lifetime, and still continue to this day.
The original painting was and is acclaimed as a masterpiece of design and characterisation,[1] [citation needed] but during Leonardo's lifetime it already started to deteriorate, so that within a hundred years it was described by one viewer as "completely ruined".[2] Leonardo, instead of using the reliable technique of fresco, had used tempera over a ground that was mainly gesso, resulting in a surface which was subject to mold and to flaking.[3] Despite this, the painting has remained one of the most reproduced works of art, countless copies being made in every medium from carpets to cameos.
Historical background
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Timeline of some notable reproductions
editList of Reproductions
editPaintings
edit- Giampietrino (active 1508-1549), after Leonardo da Vinci, oil on canvas, currently in the collection of The Royal Academy of Arts, London; an accurate, full-scale copy that was the main source for the twenty-year restoration of the original (1978-1998). It includes several lost details such as Christ's feet and the salt cellar spilled by Judas. Giampietrino is thought to have worked closely with Leonardo when he was in Milan.
Engravings
edit- Raffaello Sanzio Morghen after Teodoro Matteini's drawing. Uffizi Gallery?
Drawings
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In Film
edit- The Life of Leonardo da Vinci - a 1971 Italian made miniseries, in which a (smaller than the original) mural is made for the purposes of the film.