In the painting of "the last supper" how many thinks that is a woman seated ne

@User10 (82)
United States
April 3, 2007 11:51pm CST
I remember seeing the painting of "the last supper" at one of the churches I went to when I was a child. Whenever I would see the painting I would look at it, but all I knew is that it was suppose to be a painting of Jesus and his disiples. But I saw the painting again recently, and the figure seated to the right of Jesus appears to me to look very much like a woman. I asked an eight year old who had never seen this painting or even heard of it before because I wanted an unenfluenced opinion if he saw a woman anywhere in the painting and he immediatly pointed to the disiple seated to the right of Jessus in the painting. The next time you see this painting or better yet you can view it right at your computer, just got on the internet and type in (painting of the last supper), then click on images and the painting will show right up. I want to know who thinks that the figure seated to the right of Jessus in the painting is female.
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@avonrep1 (1862)
• United States
4 Apr 07
I think it was a woman and I think that it is stupid to think Jesus was anything more than a man. (that is my personal opinion, I don't think people that think he was more than a man are stupid) I think it portrays his wife. They are in matching traditional spouse grab, back in those days the wife would wear colors oppisite but matching her husband. It symbolize that they were husband and wife. Like wedding bands do today.
@tommy408 (361)
• Malaysia
4 Apr 07
Now, that is an interesting findings. Perhaps you can give some authentic source on where you find that people at that time wear clothes of matching but opposite colors to symbolize marriage. I am interested to know I mean, even in the Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown mentioned that Leonardo off-set the color of the clothings Jesus and the supposedly Marry wore to symbolically tell audience that it was Mary, Jesus's wife.
@User10 (82)
• United States
4 Apr 07
Your entire comment is an opinion youve given no facts. You can't call some else stupid when you sound that way yourself. And by "back in those days" , I think what she's trying to say is "around 4 century BC. As for the clothing worn in the painting, it is argued that the color of Jesus's and Mary's clothes are inversions of each other. Judas's clothing is also an inversion of what Jessus is wearing and there are other aposles in the panting dressed simular. The original mural is on the wall of the refectory in the Covenent of Santa Maria delle Milan, in Italy.
@tommy408 (361)
• Malaysia
4 Apr 07
I don't see facts in your post either. You said that sometimes in the past you thought the person beside Jesus was a man, now you are seeing a woman. That is your opinion, no? What is the fact?