The Last Supper

oil on panel (115 × 97 cm) — c. 1527

Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel

Hans Holbein the Younger biography

This work is linked to Mark 14:18

Mark 14 - New Testament

Mark 14 1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the peo

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Three disciples are missing from Holbein's painting. They may have been lost when the work was damaged during the Reformation's Iconoclasm in Basel, in 1529. At the same occasion, Jesus' head was sawed from the altar piece (to be put back later).

The painting was probably made by an artist working in Holbein's workshop (at the time, Holbein himself was in England). The painter chose approximately the same grouping as Leonardo da Vinci (his version), but used a smaller table and different facial expressions. A common aspect of both paintings is Peter whispering in John's ear.

Panel made of lime tree wood.

저작자표시 비영리 변경금지 (새창열림)