Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is located in Milan, Italy.
The mural occupies the refectory, or dining hall, of the Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. Leonardo painted it for Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, during the late 1490s. The scene captures the moment when Jesus announces that one of the apostles will betray him, with the Twelve reacting in different ways.
The work is often called a fresco, but that description is technically inaccurate. Leonardo used tempera and oil-like materials on a dry preparation of plaster rather than painting into wet plaster. This experimental method allowed more deliberate detail but made the mural unusually vulnerable to deterioration. It began flaking within Leonardo’s lifetime and has undergone repeated conservation campaigns.
Visitors sometimes confuse the painting’s location with Florence or Rome because Leonardo worked in several major Italian centres and because the scene is reproduced worldwide. The original remains in Milan, while many copies and reproductions appear in museums, churches, books, and popular culture.