LEONARDO da Vinci: Study for the Last Supper

Study for the Last Supper Leonardo's preparatory drawings for his monumental Last Supper reveal the obsessive genius behind one of art history's most iconic compositions, demonstrating how the Renaissance master approached the challenge of capturing dramatic psychological tension across a crowded table. These studies showcase Leonardo's revolutionary method of analyzing human emotion and gesture, with figures sketched from multiple angles as he refined their poses, expressions, and interactions to convey shock, betrayal, and devotion. The drawings preserve Leonardo's working process—his restless innovation and intellectual rigor—offering intimate access to a mind wrestling with how to translate theological narrative into a psychologically complex human drama.