Ludovico Maria Sforza (also known as
Ludovico il Moro; 27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508), was
Duke of Milan from 1494 until 1499, following the death of his nephew
Gian Galeazzo Sforza. A member of the
Sforza family, he was the second son of
Francesco I Sforza. He was famed as a patron of
Leonardo da Vinci and other artists, and presided over the final and most productive stage of the Milanese Renaissance. He is probably best known as the man who commissioned
The Last Supper.