The Last Supper
1523
- Medium
- woodcut
- Dimensions
- 21.6 × 30 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-208210
Albrecht Dürer made this version of the Last Supper after returning from Venice. He adopted the typically Italian horizontal format, long table, and disciples seated on the far side. The table has been cleared, except for a single chalice, which, along with the empty platter, basket of bread, and wine decanter in the foreground, refers to the Christ’s body and blood in the sacrament of the Eucharist. Significantly, Judas—the disciple who would betray Christ—is not present. Some art historians interpret the scene as the moment Christ exhorts his disciples to love one another (John 13:34), a pa…
Provenance
Stone Memorial Fund, 1966.9
Registry history
- 1523 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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