What could unite Jesus and Judas on this canvas? There is a legend according to which the same person was a model for both Jesus and Judas. Unfortunately, it’s unknown who this person was.
According to the legend, da Vinci found his Jesus in the church choir where the latter served as a chorister. Later, when the painting was almost finished, the master could not find anyone for the role of Judas and that’s when he came upon a drunk man lying in a ditch. When da Vinci finished painting the image of Judas, the model confessed that he recognized the painting because he posed for it as Jesus 3 years ago.
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