Surveys the fame and the sense of the miraculous ascribed to Leonardo's Last Supper (Milano, S. Maria delle Grazie) as early as 1497. Chronicles the state of the work, its relation to the Last Supper by Ghirlandaio (1481; Florence, Convento di S. Marco), its inherent vices, the copies made after it (especially those of Marco d'Oggiono [attrib., ca.1510; destroyed], Andrea Bianchi [1612-1613; Milan, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana], Giovan Battista Bianchi [1791; private collection], and Giuseppe Bossi [1807; destroyed]), and the various restoration campaigns undertaken on the painting. Notes how - because the unfinished work has been an emblem of Milan, the Milanese, Italians, and mankind in general - the painting has had an impact on European culture, even as it and its meaning have altered over the centuries.
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