Last Supper. Depictions of the Last Supper in Christian art have been undertaken by artistic masters for centuries, Leonardo da Vinci 's late-1490s mural painting in Milan, Italy, being the best-known example. [1] (. Clickable image—use cursor to identify.)

Leonardo's Last Supper is located in its original place, on the wall of the dining room of the former Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, exactly in the refectory of the convent and is one of the most celebrated and well known artworks in the world. Location. Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper can be found at the Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. The church and convent were completed at around the same time and the architecture was designed by Guiniforte Solari and Donato Bramante. The building work was commissioned by Duke Ludovico Sforza, who also asked Da Vinci to complete the Last The subject of the Last Supper is Christ's final meal with his apostles before Judas identifies Christ to the authorities who arrest him. The Last Supper (a Passover Seder) is remembered for two events: Christ says to his apostles, "One of you will betray me," and the apostles react, each according to his own personality. Leonardo balanced the perspective construction of the Last Supper so that its vanishing point is immediately behind Christ's right temple, pointing to the physical location of the center, or sensus communis, of his brain. By pulling a string in radial directions from this point, he marked the table ends, floor lines, and orthogonal edges of the .