Leonardo and the Last supper
/ Ross King
- Canada : Bond Street Books , 2012
- 336 p. : illus. ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographies and index
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 the Leonardo's young assistants to Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan who commissioned the work.