The Last Supper
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
Overall, with shaped top and engaged frame: central panel 47 x 33 3/4 in. (119.4 x 85.7 cm); left wing 47 x 16 7/8 in. (119.4 x 42.9 cm); right wing 47 1/8 x 17 in. (119.7 x 43.2 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number
17.190.18a–c
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About this artwork
This triptych depicting the Last Supper was created by Netherlandish painters working in the Antwerp Mannerist style between 1515 and 1520. The central panel measures forty-seven by approximately thirty-four inches, with wings of similar height but roughly half the width, executed in oil on wood. The composition presents Christ and the apostles at the Passover meal with the dramatic gestures, vivid coloristic effects, and demonstrative technical virtuosity characteristic of Antwerp Mannerism. Th...