The Last Supper

ca. 1500–1530

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 307

This scene of the Last Supper clearly shows each disciple, including Judas, who is seen at the lower right clutching his bag of money, a reference to his future betrayal. The elaborate and detailed carving indicates that the sculpture came from an important ecclesiastical setting, such as a sacrament house that contained the elements for celebrating mass. Cologne Cathedral contained such a structure, made by the sculptor Franz Maidburg (d. 1533), which was dismantled in the nineteenth century.

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Title: The Last Supper
Date: ca. 1500–1530
Geography: Made in Cologne, Germany or Netherlands
Culture: German or South Netherlandish
Medium: Limestone, traces of polychromy
Dimensions: 25 × 15 1/2 × 6 1/2 in., 73 lb. (63.5 × 39.4 × 16.5 cm, 33.1 kg)
Classification: Sculpture-Stone
Credit Line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
Object Number: 32.100.143
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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