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Series Title: The Passion

The Last Supper

1521

Lucas van Leyden

(Netherlandish, 1494–about 1533)
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Culture
Netherlands, 16th century
Medium
engraving
Measurements
Sheet: 11.5 x 7.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1923.55.1
Catalogue raisonné
Hollstein 43
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Description

In this compact scene, Lucas van Leyden offered a condensed view of the Last Supper, focusing on Christ and Saint John—the Beloved Apostle—on the far side of the table and Judas—the apostle who would betray Christ—on the near side. Wine flows freely, mixing hints of its symbolic significance with a certain hunger for drink as shown by the disciple who receives a replenishment in the foreground. The artist may have seen or owned the 1510 woodcut by Albrecht Dürer, borrowing elements such as the vertical format, Christ’s relationship to John, and the platter on the table but rendering them in reverse and with fewer overall figures.
A vertically oriented print in dense black-inked fine lines depicts Christ and twelve apostles with light skin tones gathered around a table. Christ sits centrally with a radiating halo while a disciple leans on the table. In the foreground, a man pours liquid from a jug into a bowl. Food sits on the cloth. Fine cross-hatching shades the scene and a tablet at bottom left bears 'L' and '1521'.

The Last Supper

1521

Lucas van Leyden

(Netherlandish, 1494–about 1533)
Netherlands, 16th century

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