Pictured is a relief representing Leonardo`s mastery of painting on the front side of the monument to Leonardo Da Vinci in Piazza della Scala Square, Milan, Italy. It depicts Leonardo sitting with Lord`s Supper in the background. On his left is Ludovico Sforza, who was was Duke of Milan from 1494 until 1499. The student on the right hand side is Marco dââ¬â¢Oggiono, a pupil of Da Vinci and an Italian painter. The monument was sculpted by Pietro Magni and erected in 1872. At the foot of the pedestal stand his four favorite students. Reliefs depict some of the disciplines that da Vinci mastered: painting, sculpting, engineering and architecture.
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