Plaque with the Last Supper
c. 1530
Artist, French, c. 1480 - after 1541
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G18
Artwork overview
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Medium
enamel painted on copper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 29.7 x 25 cm (11 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.289
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Alfred André [1839-1919], Paris. (Charles Lowengard, Paris); purchased 15 May 1908 by Peter A. B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942;[1] gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] Widener collection records in NGA Curatorial Records.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1921
Marquet de Vasselot 1921, 186-187, no. 153, 320.
1935
Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 35-36, Raphael Room.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 10.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 214, no. 3.
1993
Distelberger, Rudolf, Alison Luchs, Philippe Verdier, and Timonthy H. Wilson. Western Decorative Arts, Part I: Medieval, Renaissance, and Historicizing Styles including Metalwork, Enamels, and Ceramics. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1993: 87-89, color repro. 88.
2014
Schwann, Birgit. “Enamel insert restorations on Limoges painted enamels: A study on a remarkable nineteenth-century restoration technique with particular attention to the original paillon designs.” Studies in Conservation 59:3 (2014): 161-179.
Inscriptions
at right: I.P.
Wikidata ID
Q62131012