# 45: Last Supper
21 Points (On 1 of 9 lists)
Highest Vote: (#5 by Tripe )
The Story:Dude, like my new van? I just got it back from the painter. Like the mural? It's a DaVinci...
No, that's a Frazetta. You're looking on the wrong side of the van.
Yeah, there you go. Hey, you want to hear something weird? See Jesus there in the middle? Now look at Judas. Green and blue, to the left of Jesus. No, your left. Look familiar?
See, when daVinci was painting the thing he used one of the kids in the choir for a model. A nice, angelic looking kind of kid. Now, he spent years and years painting this and it was years later before he got around to painting Judas. And on that one, he went to the nearest jail and grabbed one of the criminals there. But as he worked on the painting, the crook kept looking more and more troubled. Eventually the guy was so troubled that daVinci had to stop and ask him what was wrong. The crook said, "Hey. Don't you recognize me? Years ago, I was the model you used for painting Jesus." Same guy was Judas and Jesus. Kinda theological, don't cha think?
...you're still staring at the naked girl riding the centaur aren't you? Geez.
Well, Is It True?Nah. It took about 3 years to paint "The Last Supper" and it's fairly likely that da Vinci sketched out the figures and then painted them using those sketches as references rather than using models who sat for days and days. Plus given that we know so little about how the painting was made, but this bit is so detailed... well, that's a warning sign too. As is the existence of a poem that tells roughly the same story as detailed above, but without the reference to da Vinci. So, yeah.. fake.
Random Notes Fun fact- since Judas is also Dracula, according to a 90s film series, that means that Jesus, Judas, Dracula and George Hamilton are all the same person! Or at least modelled on them.
Really, wikipedia? You don't want images linked? Good grief.
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