in the sitting of the last supper was there a woman present?

Answer 1

supposedly mary Magdalene. but who knows for sure.

Answer 2

(1)List of all those who were present at the Last Supper is available(during ...www.lisashea.com/hobbies/art/names.html) Some feel that the person sitting to the right of Jesus is not John but Mary.The accounts do mention that Mary was present on the occasion but it was for washing His feet. There is no mention that she was sitting at the table. The mixup of John for Mary appears to be due to the overtly femnine appearance of the person --clean shaven, raised breasts. This has been explained in (2) below.

Bartholomew
James Minor
Andrew
Peter (also called Simon Peter)
Judas Iscariot
John / Mary
Jesus
Thomas
James Major
Philip
Matthew
Thaddeus
Simon the Canaanite (also Simon the Zealot)

(2)It has become common to view art completely outside of the cultural context in which it was created, leading people to read into paintings what they understand of the world during their own time and in their own society. Since DVC especially, we’ve begun to remove paintings from their context entirely, treating them as conspiracies needing to be solved

Many other paintings of the Last Supper created during the Renaissance depicted John as a “youth” who was quite feminine. Depicting young men in this fashion was not uncommon at all, and examples can be found in secular art as well.

So no, I don’t believe that Mary Magdalene is pictured in Leonardo’s Last Supper, as much as many people want to believe it, and as fascinating as it would be if it actually was her. The recent interpretation of this figure in this painting is another example of a general distrust of traditional scholarship and a desire for mystery. Now that Mary Magdalene mysticism has registered with such a large audience, I anticipate that we’ll see many more bizarre manifestations of such thinking in the years to come

If the person to Jesus’ right could have been mistaken for a woman by the monks who commissioned the painting in the 16th century, they would have rejected it. We have no record that this was the case.
(www.magdalenereview.org/?p=112 )

Answer 3

No. Leonardo's painting has little to do with the actual event. The Gospel according to Mark names the twelve. They are the MEN, present. The man on the right was John. Consider where the original was panted, in a monastery. The person depicted is not a woman. More likely the person was a young man that was somehow related to the people who commission the painting.

BTW. The Divinci Code is pure fiction. It is very unfortunate that so many people are willing to accept it as fact or some kind of conspiracy. Most of the claims made are simply absurd.

Answer 4

Leonardo painted a woman seated on Jesus right side. Look up a picture on the web (the real painting was recently restored,so find a new photo) and see for yourself.
This became clear many many years before Dan Brown.
At this point in time it cannot be known for sure who it is in the painting, Jesus was associated with a couple different women in his life, more than a couple named Mary.
Saying that it is one of the apostles with womanly features is pretty insulting to any ones intelligence.

Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute. That was a fallacy put out by one of those infallible popes in about the year 1600

Answer 5

Some people think that Mary Magdalene was at Christ’s side in the painting “The Last Supper”.

Answer 6

The person next to Jesus in The Last Supper (by DaVinci) does look dangerously like a woman.

My grandfather used to joke that my grandmother was so old that she was a waitress at the last supper. So there you go. There was a female waitress.

;)

Good luck in finding a solid answer!

Answer 7

I don't think there was. Most believe that it was the Apostle John because of his feminine features. The new idea is that it was actually Mary Magdelene. It all started from the novel/movie of The Davinci Code. The basis of the idea is that Mary and Jesus had a relationship and Mary had his child which would mean that Jesus did have a continuation of his bloodline.

Answer 8

artwork of Christian activities have been continuously elaborated because of the artist (his rendition) to make it alluring and to sell the portray (ravenous artists). Mankind may well be so imprecise and floor minded... One could desire to comprehend that until eventually the early area of AD400 Christians have been persecuted (crucified) for practising yet another faith different than paganism. With the above needless to say in ideas how can an artist 4 hundred years after the crucifixion of Jesus ever have confidence to comprehend what the final supper might look like? while human beings view this portray finding for fault they could desire to first look in the reflect... God bless'

Answer 9

Yes Mary

Answer 10

I have heard a theory proposed that there is a woman present. I'm sorry, but I can't remember the basic argument, but I remember the speaker pointing at various elements of the DaVinci painting.

Answer 11

A matter of opinion. If its a man- he looks very feminine but young boys did back then. They had long hair and their young features can appear quite delicate. Then again it could be a woman but unfortunatly I don't have Da Vinci to consult so the debate continues.