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The Last Supper

1540–45
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Last Supper
  • Designer: Michiel Coxie (I) (Netherlandish, Mechelen ca. 1499–1592 Mechelen) , prob.
  • Artist: Related to a 1523 print of the Last Supper by Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
  • Artist: Related to an engraving of the Last Supper by Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?))
  • Artist: Related to paintings by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels) and his pupil, Willem Key
  • Artist: Related to an embroidered orphrey by Barthélemy van den Kerckhove (Judas, Christ, vessel on floor)
  • Maker: Woven by Unknown
  • Date: 1540–45
  • Culture: Netherlandish, Brussels
  • Medium: Wool, silk, silver-gilt, silver thread (18-19 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.)
  • Dimensions: H. 123 x W. 115 inches (312.4 x 292.1 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1944
  • Object Number: 44.63.4
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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