The Living Last Supper

In 1494, Leonardo Da Vinci was commissioned by the Duke of Milan to decorate the dining room of the convent Church which was the favorite of the Duke’s young bride. 
 
As an appropriate theme for this room, he chose The Last Supper . 
 
His painting was not intended to be a reproduction of the original scene as it had taken place in the first century Palestine but as it might have taken place in fifteenth century Italy.
 
Da Vinci chose what he considered the most dramatic moment of the Last Supper. In this living dramatization, the twelve Apostles speak their minds to themselves, to each other and to the Lord; in light of the words they just heard Jesus speak,  “One of you will betray me”.