“The density of lines enhances the extraordinary emotion of the moment.”
Curator Dita Amory on an unusually large red-chalk drawing (1634–35) by Rembrandt based on Leonardo’s The Last Supper.
Originality
Dita Amory
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Contributors
Dita Amory
Curator in Charge, Robert Lehman Collection
Curator in Charge, Robert Lehman Collection
Photography by Eileen Travell
Photo of fresco: Scala/Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali / Art Resource, NY
Art Mentioned
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1634–35
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