Who commissioned Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper?

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Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression. — Leonardo da Vinci Self-portrait, drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1517–18; in the Royal Library, Turin, Italy.

Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper was commissioned by Ludovico Sforza, the duke of Milan, for the refectory of the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.123