“Art is never finished, only abandoned,” said Leonardo da Vinci. He was born in a small
town of Tuscany, in 1452. Leonardo had a brilliant imagination that ran wild with ideas. Although
a sculptor, architect, and inventor, today he is known for his paintings. One of his most popular
being, the Last Supper, which is painted on the north wall of the Monastery of Santa Maria delle
Grazie in Milan. The painting was created in 1498 and took Leonardo 5 years to complete. Since
then it has been subjected to many different restorations.
Leonardo arrived in Milan in the year of 1482 as a messenger of Lorenzo de’ Medici. He was
“to present a silver lyre to Ludovico Sforza.”