art has spoken its loftiest work. In the old pictures Judas had been isolated on the other side of the table, with his back to the spectator, an improbable and inartistic arrangement. Leonardo puts him amongst the most favored disciples, between St. Peter and St. John, but he accomplishes the same result by separating him from the others by causing him to lean forward upon the table, facing his Master with implacable gaze as he clutches the moneybag and overturns the saltcellar. . . . Three of the figures are standing, but they lean forward so gracefully that their heads scarcely rise above those of their seated companions, and they only accentuate the hannony of the lines.”