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** Last Supper **



 * Created ****- 1498 **


 * Located ****- ****The original mural is on a wall of the refectory (dining hall) in the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. **


 * 5 Facts ****- **
 * 1) **It took three years to make it. He began it in 1495 and finished it in 1498 **
 * 2) **Christ is in it **
 * 3) **It's really - 460 x 880 cm (15 x 29 feet). It covers an entire large wall,but now they make it smaller to hang behind someones couch. **
 * 4) **Because his employer asked him to make this magnificiant painting, Leonardo worked for Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, for about eighteen years (1482-1499). The Duke decided he wanted this particular religious scene painted and Leonardo, who was not stupid, decided he wanted it to be perfect and to be valuable. **
 * 5) **There is a crack in the last supper picture because it as painted dry instead of wet or moist **


 * __Why it is important- __**The Last Supper painting is important because that was the day after Jesus Christ was crucified. He rose again, and went to the last supper.