Last Supper, The (Leonardo da Vinci) Easter Egg - Jesus & Judas

In the painting, he found a baker (or other commonfolk) who's face he wanted for Jesus. After painting Jesus, he kept painting the rest of the picture, until it was time to paint in Judas. He went around, and found the person he was looking for. It was the same model for Jesus that he had used years ago! He was now homeless and living on the street!

User Rating:
4.9
  4.9/10 with 288 votes
Contributed By: Pintong on 09-15-1999
Reviewed By: Webmaster
Special Requirements: A copy of "The Last Supper"
Please correct this Egg if you see errors.

Pictures and Videos

None posted yet. Send us yours and be the first!

Comments

Trivimaster writes:
This is a Triviastic fact, not an eegg.
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
Quantaur writes:
Whether an egg or trivia, this is actually false. The Snopes Urban Legend page (located at snopes.com/spoons/glurge/lastsupp.htm) states that there are no records of whom da Vinci used as models for the figures. Other facts about this can be found at the above address.
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
Choas writes:
Drachean, are you a visitor of the snopes forums? If not, It sounds like you should be! I am.
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
Check out www.truthorfiction.com for a concise explanation on why this "last supper" story is pure fiction.
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
Underhoot writes:
For a reliable medieval source giving the history of Leonardo's "The Last Supper," see: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/vasari1.html
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
rockyfiend writes:
i had heard he searched for judas's face only to use his employer but i don't think we'll ever really know
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
wesISgod writes:
If this IS true how ironic is it that when painting a portrait of a passover seder (yes, Jesus's last meal was a seder and yes he was a jew, how else could he be a rabbi?) that Divinci used a baker, one who makes bread, which is not kosher for passover?
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
prodgod writes:
If I am not mistaken, the model for Judas was DaVinci himself.
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
Marcus writes:
Read Leo Perutz "Leonard's Judas" if you like a good fiction about this.
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
Dave writes:
I first heard this story about 50 years ago. At that time the story was not about Leonardo di Vinci but only about a famed painter. Now it appears to be surfacing under his name. I wonder if the story is true but not about Leonardo.
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
Cort writes:
My dear, you really should check out snopes.com regularly....they expose the truth on these so-called eggs and urban myths on a daily basis.
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
A.P.G. writes:
I had heard a different version of the Jesus & Judas story. Da Vinci found a handsome young man for his model for Jesus. A long time later, to find a model for Judas, he went to a prison to find the most vile looking criminal. He found one and told the man about the painting and how he was to be used as a model for Judas. After hearing this, the criminal began to cry. Da Vinci asked him why this upset him. The criminal told him that years ago he was the model for Jesus.
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
dragon_toes writes:
As for who he used for Judas, I have heard another story. I heard leonardo went out looking for an ugly person to portray Judas, he met a priest and when the priest got angry with him for looking for an ugly person, di vinci used the priests face
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
Lita-2x writes:
It's true that J&J were the same model............Jesus was when he was a child and Judas when he was an adult..........he cried when he found out about the painting and confessed he was both.......so there you go!
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
amber writes:
i thought that he (judas' model)had been arrested for two account of murder and was in the roman jail. but oh well
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
fats writes:
Ugh, you just don't get it, Lita2x. You see, that was just another silly part of this silly legend. Think about it. Did you actually talk to this guy? Did he say "Hey, Lita2x, did you know that I was the model for Jesus AND Judas in the last supper painting?"? No? Oh, I guess you were just having a hard time understanding. Next time, try not to be a smartass 'til you have some backing.
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No
BrotherBob writes:
Regarding the model for Judas, see: "[Da Vinci's] preoccupation with using the right model for the various disciples can be detected in his wry suggestion that the irritating Prior of the Santa Maria Monastery himself sit for the character of Judas!" - p. 22 The Templar Revelation by Lynn Pickett and Clive Prince. Rev. Robert Farrior, DD The Gnostic Church
21 of 39 people found this comment helpful. Did you? Yes No


Related Pages
All Last Supper, The (Leonardo da Vinci) Easter Eggs
More Works of Art Easter Eggs
Top 25 Work of Art Easter Eggs
Site Friends
Slipups.com
Cocktails and Drink Recipes at Drinkswap.com
Register - Privacy Policy - About Us - Contact Us