Which apostle is shown holding a money bag in The Last Supper?

Judas Iscariot is shown holding a money bag in Leonardo da Vinci’s *The Last Supper*.

Leonardo places Judas among the other apostles rather than isolating him on the opposite side of the table, a departure from many earlier depictions. His identity is signaled through several details: he recoils into shadow, reaches toward the dish, and clutches the purse associated with his payment for betraying Jesus.

The scene depicts the moment after Jesus announces that one of the apostles will betray him, following the account in John’s Gospel. Judas is grouped with Peter and John immediately to Jesus’s left from the viewer’s perspective. Peter leans forward with a knife, while John turns toward him in grief.

A common mix-up is identifying the nearby figure with the money bag as Matthew, John, or Peter. Peter holds the knife; John is the youthful, sorrowful figure beside him. Judas is the darker, tense figure reaching across the table.