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
The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci) mask-wearing people seated at a table strewn with watermelon fragments. The oil painting was sold for $23.3 million at Sotheby's auction on October 7, 2013, setting a new record for contemporary Asian artwork. In 1998, modern artist Vik Muniz displayed a recreation of "The Last Supper", made entirely out of Bosco Chocolate Syrup. Author Mary Shelley describes her impression of the painting in her travel narrative, "Rambles in Germany and Italy" published in 1844: In Luis Buñuel's Spanish film "Viridiana", a "tableau vivant" of Leonardo's painting is staged with beggars. Another beggar 'photographs' the scene by flashing them. This scene