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The Manchester Madonna, attributed to the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti, is an unfinished panel painting executed in egg tempera on poplar wood. The work has been popularly known by this name since it was exhibited in 1857 at the Great Manchester Exhibition (Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition). Dating approximately to 1494–1497, it is considered one of the earliest surviving paintings by the artist.【1】 Historical Context Michelangelo received training in drawing and composi

The Last Supper (Italian: Il Cenacolo or L’Ultima Cena) is a wall painting by Leonardo da Vinci, created between 1495 and 1498 on the dining hall wall of the Santa Maria delle Grazie monastery in Milan. This work is a monumental artistic endeavor that unites Renaissance understandings of the human figure, spatial construction, and the use of perspective. One of the fundamental narratives of Christian iconography—the “announcement of betrayal”—is transformed in this painting into a psychological