The Last Supper
Date1786
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions140 1/2 inches × 98 inches (356.87 × 248.92 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund and Gibbs-Williams Fund
Object number80.101
ClassificationsPaintings
Curator NotesChrist and his disciples are depicted in the traditional manner positioned around a long narrow table which extends from the left to the right side of the composition. Two groups of five disciples are on the left and right sides of the painting. St. John is seated at Christ's left and leans toward him. Judas is isolated, standing in front of the table. A night sky illuminated by the light of a silvery full moon is seen through the openings in the wall behind the figures.
On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, American Art, Paintings 3
ProvenanceCommissioned by George III and presented by him in 1786 to Saint George's Chapel, Windsor.
Sale, Dean and Canons of Windsor, Sotheby's, London, June 2, 1978, lot 132.
Somerville and Simpson (dealer), London, and P. and D. Colnaghi (dealer), London.
Acquired in 1980.
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