The Last Supper

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Last Supper

Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5

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The Christian sacrament of the Eucharist is traced to the Last Supper, when Christ said of the wine, “This is my blood.” For artists, the scene was full of both symbolic and narrative potential. Albrecht Dürer created a compact, vertical composition that focuses on the closeness of the disciples and the moment, wine flowing, when Christ reveals his fate. Dürer’s ingenious woodcut technique includes the creation of a halo made from parallel lines around Christ’s head that continue outward to define the shadow of the vaulted room. This print depicts the apostles dining on a humble but sturdy refectory table. Dürer included the date of the print on the middle trestle, a location often reserved for heraldry on more lavish tables.

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Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record

Medium
woodcut
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Ralph King
Type of artwork
Print
Department
Prints

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creation_date
1510

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Dürer hid the year 1510 right on the table itself, carved into the central trestle where a coat of arms would normally go. This German woodcut shows Christ surrounded by twelve disciples at a humble refectory table, cups and plates arranged before them, while a halo of radiating parallel lines floods outward from his head and simultaneously casts the shadow of the vaulted ceiling above. That single technical stroke, light and shadow born from the same carved lines, is what makes this print remarkable. It circulated across Europe at a speed no painted altarpiece could match.

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A group of people gathered around a table in a dimly lit room, seemingly partaking in a meal.

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Provenance & credit

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Provenance
?–?: (M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH) | ?–1926: The Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | June 4, 1926–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Object ID
108380
Object Type
Print
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Type of artwork” · copied as is
Creator
Albrecht Dürer
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creators (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Artist-role creator's description with life dates removed.
Culture
Germany
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Culture” · copied as is
Medium
woodcut
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Medium” · copied as is · Cleveland's 'technique' field holds materials.
Department
Prints
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Tags
  • male
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field artists_tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Ralph King
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
Provenance
?–?: (M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH) | ?–1926: The Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | June 4, 1926–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Provenance” · copied as is
Date
1510
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
Begin Year
1510
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_earliest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
End Year
1510
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_latest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is

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