There
exists an interesting philosophical story on how Leonardo da Vinci painted
Jesus and Judas images at "The Last Supper" fresco. These were the two characters to whom the
artist assigned the major role in the composition, and
the artist responsibly approached to the choice of models for these figures. Finally
he managed to find a model for the image of Christ among young choirmen.
Finding
a model for Judas was much more difficult. The
search went on during three years until a chance helped. One
day da Vinci stumbled on a drunkard lying in a gutter. This
was a young man made look old by hard drinking. Leonardo
invited him to a tavern where immediately started portraying Judas from him. When
the drunkard came to his senses he told the artist that he has already sat to
Leonardo. This was several years ago, when he had
been a choirman.
Leonardo
has used him as the model for Christ…