King, Ross,  1962- <br/><br/>
Leonardo and the Last supper / 
Ross King. 
 - First U.S. edition. 
 - 336 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The Last Supper : with Apostles identified -- The Bronze Horse -- Portrait of the artist as a middle-aged man -- The Cenacolo -- Dinner in Jerusalem -- Leonardo's court -- The Holy League -- Secret recipes -- "Trouble from this side and that" -- Every painter paints himself -- A sense of perspective -- A sense of proportion -- The beloved disciple -- Food and drink -- The language of the hands -- "No one loves the Duke" -- Epilogue: Tell me if I ever did a thing. 
<br/><br/> Tells the complete story of the creation of The Last Supper mural: the adversities suffered by the artist during its execution; the experimental techniques he employed; the models for Christ and the Apostles that he used; and the numerous personalities involved -- everyone from Leonardo's young assistants to Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan who commissioned the work. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780802717054 0802717055 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012005358 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Leonardo, da Vinci,  1452-1519.  Last Supper. <br/>Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ND 623 .L5  / A683 2012