<P> The work is presumed to have been commenced around 1495 -- 1496 and was commissioned as part of a plan of renovations to the church and its convent buildings by Leonardo 's patron Ludovico Sforza , Duke of Milan . The painting represents the scene of The Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples , as it is told in the Gospel of John , 13 : 21 . Leonardo has depicted the consternation that occurred among the Twelve Disciples when Jesus announced that one of them would betray him . </P>
<P> The work is presumed to have been commenced around 1495 -- 1496 and was commissioned as part of a plan of renovations to the church and its convent buildings by Leonardo 's patron Ludovico Sforza , Duke of Milan . The painting represents the scene of The Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples , as it is told in the Gospel of John , 13 : 21 . Leonardo has depicted the consternation that occurred among the Twelve Disciples when Jesus announced that one of them would betray him . </P>
who hired leonardo da vinci to paint the last supper
who hired leonardo da vinci to paint the last supper
Ludovico Sforza
Ludovico Sforza