The Last Supper (Italian: Il cenacolo or L'ultima cena) is an original mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci executed between 1495 and 1498. It is located on the wall on which it was originally painted, in the refectory of the Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, in Milan (Italy), 3 declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1980. The painting was made for its patron, Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan. It is not a traditional fresco, but a mural executed in tempera and oil on two layers of plaster preparation spread over plaster. It measures 460 cm high by 880 cm wide. Many experts and art historians consider The Last Supper as one of the best pictorial works in the world. At first it was a modest commission. In Santa María, the Dominican convent near the palace, the duke had ordered a church to be erected. In the refectory of the brothers, the Milanese Montorfano had painted a crucifixion, in the lower part of which Leonardo added the portrait of the donors: Ludovico, his wife and his two children. Leonardo also collaborated in the execution of the medallions and other wall decorations with the weapons of the Spaniards, as if he wanted to first test the dexterity of his hand for the great task that lay ahead. Leonardo created The Last Supper, one of his best works, the most serene and remote from the temporal world, during those years characterized by war conflicts, intrigues, worries and calamities.
The Last Supper (Italian: Il cenacolo or L'ultima cena) is an original mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci executed between 1495 and 1498. It is located on the wall on which it was originally painted, in the refectory of the Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, in Milan (Italy), 3 declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1980. The painting was made for its patron, Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan. It is not a traditional fresco, but a mural executed in tempera and oil on two layers of plaster preparation spread over plaster. It measures 460 cm high by 880 cm wide. Many experts and art historians consider The Last Supper as one of the best pictorial works in the world. At first it was a modest commission. In Santa María, the Dominican convent near the palace, the duke had ordered a church to be erected. In the refectory of the brothers, the Milanese Montorfano had painted a crucifixion, in the lower part of which Leonardo added the portrait of the donors: Ludovico, his wife and his two children. Leonardo also collaborated in the execution of the medallions and other wall decorations with the weapons of the Spaniards, as if he wanted to first test the dexterity of his hand for the great task that lay ahead. Leonardo created The Last Supper, one of his best works, the most serene and remote from the temporal world, during those years characterized by war conflicts, intrigues, worries and calamities.
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