Last Supper (da Vinci)
| The Last Supper | |
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| Il Cenacolo or L'Ultima Cena | |
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| Artist |
Leonardo da Vinci 
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| Year | 1490s (Julian) |
| Medium | fresco-secco |
| Dimensions | 460 cm (180 in) × 880 cm (350 in) |
| Location | Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan |
| Coordinates | 45°28′00″N 9°10′15″E / 45.466666666667°N 9.1708333333333°ECoordinates: 45°28′00″N 9°10′15″E / 45.466666666667°N 9.1708333333333°E |
| Website | legraziemilano |
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 Leonardo's Last Supper, video, Smarthistory
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The Last Supper (Italian: Il Cenacolo [il tʃeˈnaːkolo] or L'Ultima Cena [ˈlultima ˈtʃeːna]) is a late 15th-century mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci housed by the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. It is one of the world's most recognizable paintings.
The work is presumed to have been started around 1495–96 and was commissioned as part of a plan of renovations to the church and its convent buildings by Leonardo's patron Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. The painting represents the scene of the Last Supper of Jesus with his apostles, as it is told in the Gospel of John, 13:21. Leonardo has depicted the consternation that occurred among the Twelve Disciples when Jesus announced that one of them would betray him.
Due to the methods used, a variety of environmental factors, and intentional damage, very little of the original painting remains today despite numerous restoration attempts, the last being completed in 1999.
The Last Supper measures 460 cm × 880 cm (180 in × 350 in) and covers an end wall of the dining hall at the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. The theme was a traditional one for refectories, although the room was not a refectory at the time that Leonardo painted it. The main church building had only recently been completed (in 1498), but was remodeled by Bramante, hired by Ludovico Sforza to build a Sforza family mausoleum.
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