The Last Supper

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The Last Supper

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Taddeo Crivelli

Italian Illuminator · 1479–1479

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Taddeo Crivelli was one of the illuminators who introduced the Renaissance style into manuscript painting in Ferrara. His first known miniatures date to the early 1450s. In the period roughly coinciding with the rule of Borso d'Este over Ferrara, Crivelli and his workshop were engaged in a number of projects, producing a variety of books for aristocratic patrons as well as for religious institutio

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Date: about 1469
Medium: Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink
Culture: Italian
Department: Manuscripts
Institution: Getty Museum

One of the most engaging miniatures in the Suffrages features the Last Supper. Inside a marble Renaissance-style building, the apostles sit around a table with Jesus. Saint John the Evangelist lays his head on the table, a reference to a passage in the Gospels where Jesus' best-loved apostle is described as "leaning on Jesus' bosom." Most suffrages are prayers devoted to a specific saint; the prayer and miniature seen here are unusual for focusing on an event.

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