The Last Supper

c. 1480/1500

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

This is a painting of a group gathered around a table. The composition features a number of figures in what appears to be a room with walls adorned with simple decoration, such as crosses. The central figures engage in an activity that involves a central item placed on a table. The individuals are dressed in robes of various colors, such as yellow, purple, and blue. They are arranged around a rectangular table with noticeable expressions and gesturing hands. The overall style suggests a historical or religious theme and has a dynamic, colorful quality typical of folk or historic iconographic art. This is in the style of an anonymous folk or religious artist.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in blue, lt. blue, lavender,vermilion, rose, tan, yellow, and green

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.820

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 173, State m

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.
[1] For more information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Gallery Archives, National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Papers, Box 9; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Recollections of a Collector, Jenkintown, Pa, 1976, pp. 14-18, and Richard S. Field, Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 31, 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

Q64953436

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