The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci) as it is told in the Gospel of John, 13:21. Leonardo has depicted the consternation that occurred among the Twelve Apostles when Jesus announced that one of them would betray him. Due to the methods used, a variety of environmental factors, and intentional damage, very little of the original painting remains today despite numerous restoration attempts, the last being completed in 1999. "The Last Supper" measures and covers an end wall of the dining hall at the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. The theme was a traditional one for refectories, although the room was not a
The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci) Supper" that were exhibited initially in Milan. This was his last series of paintings before his death. Sculptor Marisol Escobar rendered "The Last Supper" as a life-sized, three-dimensional, sculptural assemblage using painted and drawn wood, plywood, brownstone, plaster, and aluminum. This work, "Self-Portrait Looking at The Last Supper", (1982–84) is in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1988, Susan Dorothea White painted "The First Supper" showing 13 women from all regions of the world, with the woman in the position of Leonardo's Christ figure being an Australian aboriginal. In 2001, Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi painted "Last Supper", showing 13