Leonardo da Vinci's famed Last Supper painting has hidden symbols referencing Judas' betrayal and the events leading to his death. The artwork was created around 1495.

Although the painting depicts the apostles’ various reactions to Christ’s announcement, they’re not the focal point; unsurprisingly for a painting about the Last Supper, Jesus is. Da Vinci ...

The painting, which was unharmed, depicts the scene when Jesus announced that one of his 12 apostles would betray him while dining with them before he was crucified.

Leonardo da Vinci's the "Last Supper" is ... "His work of art represents the Last Supper as told in the Gospel of John 13:21, when Jesus announces that one of his twelve Apostles would ...

Leonardo da Vinci started The Last Supper in the early 1490s. At the time, depictions of Christ sharing his final meal with his apostles were often sedate. Leonardo wanted to capture the drama of ...

Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper (c. 1495-98) which shows the final meeting of Jesus and the 12 apostles, is one of the world’s most famous artworks. It has been analysed time and time again ...

Even in Da Vinci’s own lifetime the Last Supper had begun to fade, and as early as 1556 Art Historian Vasari complained that it had become “a muddle of blots.” Blurred Apostles.

Leonardo da Vinci is known for two paintings and thousands of ideas. The latter survive in drawings collected in bound sets, known as codices, such as the 12-volume Codex Atlanticus, which belongs ...