Leonardo Da Vinci's Painting 'The Last Supper'

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Leonardo Da Vinci painted this picture.Leonardo da Vinci is from İtalia and he is famous all over the world.Leonardo da Vinci's most famous pictures are Mona Lisa and The Last Supper so i choose this table.He made The Last Supper in about 1400.Duke Lodovico Sforza wanted this picture from da Vinci. Da Vinci made this picture for this.This picture shows us Isa Mesish's last supper before kidnapped by Romen soldiers. At the supper he said this : you will be happy with Paraclit after me. Jesus and his apostles ate bread and they drank wine in the picture. All people tell different story about this picture so anybody doesn't know everything about The Last Supper.For example The Davinci Code says that : Jesus' left girl is Magdalen Mary and they

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