The Last Supper

1470/1480

Workshop of Master of the Aachen Madonna

Associated Names
Master of the Aachen Madonna

Related Artist, German, active c. 1460/1480

The image shows several figures gathered around a table. The central figure is seated while others are seated or kneeling. The main character has distinct facial features with a long beard and long stylized hair. They are wearing robes like the surrounding figures. Some figures are holding or gesturing towards objects on the table, including a platter with loaves of bread and fish. All figures have halos. The background is filled with overlapping figures, and the art uses black outlines, shading, and minimal color.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    metalcut, hand-colored in green, light rose, and yellow

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.699

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, no. 2239


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 335, repro.

Bibliography

1926

  • Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig. Handbuch de Holz- und Metailschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts. 8 vols. Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hierseman, 1926-1930.

1965

  • Field, Richard S. Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1965.

Wikidata ID

Q64962947

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