What could unite Jesus and Judas on this canvas? There is a legend that the same person was a model for Jesus and Judas. Unfortunately, it is not known who this person was.

According to 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 teacher found no one 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.

Another interesting detail in this painting is the overturned salt cellar alongside Judas.

It’s possible that this can support the belief that spilled salt leads to trouble since the canvas shows the moment when Jesus says that one of the gathered will betray him.