2. The Last Supper The Last Supper (Italian: Il Cenacolo or L'UltimaCena) is a 15th century mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron DukeLudovico Sforza and his duchess Beatrice d'Este. It represents the scene of The Last Supper from the final days of Jesus as narrated in the Gospel of John 13:21, when Jesus announces that one of his Twelve Apostles would betray him.
3. The Mona Lisa Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda or La Joconde) is a sixteenth-centuryportrait painted in oil on a poplarpanel in Florence, Italy by Leonardo di ser Pieroda Vinci during the Renaissance. The work is currently owned by the Government of France and is on display at the Musée du Louvremuseum in Paris under the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo.[1] The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a seated woman whose facial expression is frequently described as enigmatic.[2] Others believe that the slight smile is an indication that the subject is hiding a secret. The ambiguity of the subject's expression, the monumentality of the composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the continuing fascination and study of the work.[1]
4. Lady with an Ermine Lady with an Ermine is a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, from around 1489–1490. The subject of the portrait is identified as Cecilia Gallerani, and was probably painted at a time when she was the mistress of Lodovico Sforza, Duke of Milan and Leonardo was in the service of the Duke. The painting is one of only four female portraits painted by Leonardo, the others being the Mona Lisa, the portrait of Ginevra de' Benci and La Belle Ferronière. It is displayed by the Czartoryski Museum, Kraków, Poland and is cited in the museum's guide as the first truly modern portrait. When exhibited in The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, it was described as "signal[ling] a breakthrough in the art of psychological portraiture".[1]
