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The Last Supper (pair)

c. 1500

Lucantonio degli Uberti

(Italian)

after Perugino

(Italian, c. 1450/55–1523)
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Culture
Italy, 16th century
Medium
engraving on two sheets printed from two plates
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1940.473
Public Domain
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Location
101B Prints & Drawings
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This print is the only known impression of the entire composition. A copy with only the right side is preserved today at the British Museum in London.

Description

Because large prints were often displayed on a wall, they were susceptible to damage and often have not survived. This large print of the Last Supper, however, is in excellent condition. It was engraved on two plates and printed on two separate sheets of paper. The composition is believed to be a fairly close copy of a fresco by Perugino in the convent of San Onofrio in Florence, around 1495. The scene is set within an arched interior embellished by a frieze of eagles and by half pilasters with floral decorations and putti. Fluffy clouds are visible beyond the archways. Christ and the apostles are on a bench arranged behind the table. Judas, instead, sits on a stool in the middle of the room, looking over his shoulder towards the viewer. The engraver included two reliefs at both ends of the bench. The panel on the right shows Judas with four soldiers, while the one on the left features a knight, a squire, and a banner. On it, the letters LVC . . . TNO have been interpreted as the artist's signature.
Print in black ink on two sheets of beige paper joined at the center depicting Christ and the twelve apostles, all men with light skin tones and wavy hair of differing lengths, seated at a "U"-shaped table. Sometimes holding knives and goblets, they sit behind the table, looking around the multi-columned, ornately decorated room, save for Judas. He sits on a stool right of the seam, turning back to look at us, a bag clasped in his left hand while Christ raises his right hand in blessing on the left side of the seam.

The Last Supper (pair)

c. 1500

Lucantonio degli Uberti, Perugino

(Italian), (Italian, c. 1450/55–1523)
Italy, 16th century

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