What is the name of Leonardo da Vinci's famous mural painting in Milan?

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What is the name of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous mural painting in Milan? It is The Last Supper. Leonardo painted the work on a wall of the refectory at the Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan for his patron, Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan.

The mural depicts Jesus announcing that one of his apostles will betray him. Leonardo arranged the twelve apostles in expressive groups, using their gestures and reactions to create a dramatic sense of movement around the calm, central figure of Christ. The composition’s perspective lines converge near Jesus’s head, reinforcing his visual importance.

Leonardo worked on the painting from roughly 1495 to 1498. Instead of using the durable fresco method on fresh plaster, he experimented with tempera and oil on a dry wall, allowing greater freedom but making the image unusually vulnerable. Repeated restorations have been necessary, and relatively little of the original surface remains untouched. The Last Supper is often confused with Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling or Raphael’s The School of Athens, but it is Leonardo’s Milanese mural.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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