The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci) Judas, and that if he could not find a face corresponding with what he had in mind, he would use the features of the prior who complained. "The Last Supper" specifically portrays the reaction given by each apostle when Jesus said one of them would betray him. All twelve apostles have different reactions to the news, with various degrees of anger and shock. The apostles are identified from a manuscript ("The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci" p. 232) with their names found in the 19th century. (Before this, only Judas, Peter, John and Jesus were positively identified.) From left to
Last Supper in Christian art the individual apostles when Jesus stated that one of them would betray him, and portrayed the various attributes of anger, surprise and shock. It is likely that Leonardo da Vinci was already familiar with Ghirlandaio's "Last Supper", as well as that of Castagno, and painted his own "Last Supper" in a more dramatic form to contrast with the stillness of these works, so that more emotion would be displayed. Tintoretto's depiction (1590–1592) at the Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, also depicts the announcement of the betrayal, and includes secondary characters carrying or taking the dishes from the table.