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) have since been lost as the painting deteriorated. Two early copies of "The Last Supper" are known to exist, presumed to be work by Leonardo's assistants. The copies are almost the size of the original, and have survived with a wealth of original detail still intact. One, by Giampietrino, is in the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and the other, by Cesare da Sesto, is installed at the Church of St. Ambrogio in Ponte Capriasca, Switzerland. A third copy (oil on canvas) is painted by Andrea Solari ("c." 1520) and is on display in the Leonardo da