The Last Supper

German or South Netherlandish

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 307

This scene of the Last Supper clearly shows each disciple, including Judas, who is seen at the lower right clutching his bag of money, a reference to his future betrayal. The elaborate and detailed carving indicates that the sculpture came from an important ecclesiastical setting, such as a sacrament house that contained the elements for celebrating mass. Cologne Cathedral contained such a structure, made by the sculptor Franz Maidburg (d. 1533), which was dismantled in the nineteenth century.

The Last Supper, Limestone, traces of polychromy, German or South Netherlandish

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The Last Supper, Limestone, traces of polychromy, German or South Netherlandish
The Last Supper, Limestone, traces of polychromy, German or South Netherlandish
The Last Supper, Limestone, traces of polychromy, German or South Netherlandish
The Last Supper, Limestone, traces of polychromy, German or South Netherlandish
The Last Supper, Limestone, traces of polychromy, German or South Netherlandish
The Last Supper, Limestone, traces of polychromy, German or South Netherlandish
The Last Supper, Limestone, traces of polychromy, German or South Netherlandish
The Last Supper, Limestone, traces of polychromy, German or South Netherlandish
The Last Supper, Limestone, traces of polychromy, German or South Netherlandish
The Last Supper, Limestone, traces of polychromy, German or South Netherlandish

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