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Book of the Week: Ross King - Leonardo and the Last Supper

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Leonardo and the Last Supper

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Ross King - Leonardo and the Last Supper

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Despite his reputation by 1495, Leonardo da Vinci is frustrated at his lack of achievement

By 1495, Leonardo da Vinci was frustrated by his inability to create a publically recognised artistic masterpiece. Read by Nigel Anthony.

Despite his reputation in Milan, Leonardo da Vinci had reached his forties without having created a public masterpiece proportionate to his talents. His frustration at his lack of achievement was compounded when the seventy five tons of bronze he needed to complete a monumental equestrian statue, was requisitioned to be turned into weapons. And then Lodovico Sforza commissioned him to paint a wall in a Dominican refectory.

Nigel Anthony reads from Leonardo and the Last Supper by Ross King.
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Ross King tells the story of the creation of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece

Ross King tells the story of what went on behind the scenes when Leonardo da Vinci was commissioned to paint what became one of history's greatest masterpieces. Read by Nigel Anthony

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