See The Last Supper Painting in Milan

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by Henk Bekker

Reservations are essential to see The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci in Milan -- online advance purchase skip-the-line tickets are the cheapest and simplest way to ensure time-slot admissions to the museum.

Tickets for The Last Supper in Milan must be bought in advance as Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting on a wall in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan may only be seen with reserved tickets.

From left (heads): Bartholomew, James the Younger, Andrew, Judas Iscariot, Peter (Simon), John, Jesus Christ, Thomas, James the Older, Philip, Matthew, Judas Thaddeus, Simon Zealotes.

Note: Judas Iscariot leans back so his head is to the left of Peter. Judas, the only disciple facing away from the viewer, carries a bag of money in his hand, while Peter has a knife rather awkwardly in his hand behind Judas’ back.

Note the knot in the tablecloth on the far right. It is a wordplay on Italian for knot — il vincolo — and Da Vinci’s name. Knots appear in several of Leonardo’s paintings and he might have thought of it as a signature or trademark.