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Early in 1495 Leonardo da Vinci began work in Milan on what would become one of history's most influential and beloved works of art The Last Supper After a dozen years at the court of Lodovico Sforza the Duke of Milan Leonardo was at a low point personally and professionally at forty three in an era when he had almost reached the average life expectancy he had failed despite a number of prestigious commissions to complete anything that truly fulfilled his astonishing promise His latest failure was a giant bronze horse to honor Sforza's father His 75 tons of bronze had been expropriated to be turned into cannons to help repel a French inv From BBC Radio 4Leonardo and the Last Supper tells the fascinating story of what went on behind the scenes when Leo The Line point Your Naughty Playmate 3 - Cuckolding Fantasy personally and Haute Chinese Cuisine from the Kitchen of Wakiya professionally at forty three in an era when he had almost reached the average life expectancy he had failed despite a number of Twisted prestigious commissions to complete anything that truly fulfilled his astonishing The Exploration of the Male Anatomy promise His latest failure was a giant bronze horse to honor Sforza's father His 75 tons of bronze had been expropriated to be turned into cannons to help repel a French inv From BBC Radio 4Leonardo and the Last Supper tells the fascinating story of what went on behind the scenes when Leo

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