Last Supper: Most famous dinner party of all time

Last Supper:Most famous dinner party of all time

Final meal of Jesus

No firsthand reports of the Last Supper

Leonardo da Vinci(1452–1519)

Moment of betrayal

Santa Maria delle Grazie restored

seder

Elaborating historical texts

tablecloth was “so cunningly depicted that the linen itself could not look more realistic”

Restoration:fresh insights into nearly every section of the

composition

Jerusalem, Italy?

I’ll have an orange to go with that grilled eel…..

Leonardo’s last supper?

“Honey, don’t forget the bag of oranges and some eels!”:Leonardo’s grocery receipts

Eels enhance the realism of the representation

orange slices & fish a popular fad

Downplay transubstantiation (the moment when Christ transforms bread and wine into the Eucharist) in order to concentrate on His surprising announcement of

apostolic betrayal

Menu suits Renaissance tastes