Revealed: Jesus was eating EEL in the Last Supper painting, not bread or lamb, according to art historian



The menu portrayed in Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper painting has finally been revealed.

The painter actually showed Jesus and his disciples eating eel with orange slices, not bread or lamb as previously thought.

That is the opinion of art historian John Varriano, who says the eel was revealed in a 1997 restoration of the world famous painting.

Last Supper: Jesus and his disciples are eating eel with orange slices, a fashionable dish in the 1400s when Leonardo da Vinci painted his masterpiece



Varriano tells Gastronomica magazine that pairing eels and oranges was very fashionable in the 1400s.

The historian also bases his research on Leonardo himself being a fan of eating eels.

The Last Supper was completed in 1498, and was commissioned by Duke Ludovico, who was Leonardo's patron.