Explore the Literature about the In culture of this artwork.
In her 1834 ekphrasic poem,  The Last Supper., Lydia Sigourney focuses on Christ's betrayer, repeatedly asks "Is it I?" and closes with the prayer that our feet be so guided:
Author Mary Shelley describes her impression of the painting in her travel narrative, Rambles in Germany and Italy, published 1844:First we visited the fading inimitable fresco of Leonardo da Vinci. How vain are copies! not in one, nor in any print, did i ever see the slightest approach to the expression in our Savior's face, such as it is in the original. Majesty and love – these are the words that would describe it – joined to an absence of all guile that expresses the divine nature more visibly than I ever saw it in any other picture.
Last Supper Rambles in Germany and Italy Leonardo da Vinci Mary Shelley The Last Supper Italy Leonardo Lydia Sigourney