Emma Cieslik in Art UK:
The Last Supper is usually depicted in one of four scenes – the Betrayal (Jesus announcing that someone would betray him), the Eucharist (Jesus consecrating the Eucharist in front of his apostles), the Foot Washing, and Farewell. The Betrayal is the most common and well known from Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper (1495–1498). A copy produced by Giampietrino in the Royal Academy of Arts, London, witnesses the disciples recoil in disgust and question each other upon hearing that one of them would betray Jesus, while Judas stealthily reaches for a plate of silver.
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