The Last Supper
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 22 1/16 × 38 1/8 in. (56.1 × 96.8 cm) Plate: 20 1/2 × 36 9/16 in. (52 × 92.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lucy Chauncey, in memory of her father, Henry Chauncey, 1935
Accession Number
35.85.94
About the Artist
Leonardo da Vinci|Raphael Morghen|Niccolò de Antoni|Teodoro Matteini · 1452–1519
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) stands as the quintessential Renaissance polymath, whose genius spanned painting, sculpture, architecture, science, mathematics, engineering, anatomy, geology, cartography, botany, and writing. Born in Vinci, Italy, as the illegitimate son of a notary, Leonardo received limited formal education but demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent from an early age. His appr...