Lucas van Leyden, The Last Supper
Allen Fund, 1923.55.1 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Lucas van Leyden

The Last Supper

1521

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
engraving
Dimensions
11.5 × 7.6 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-212204

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 r…

Provenance

Allen Fund, 1923.55.1

Registry history

  • 1521 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints

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