Domestic altar with the Last Supper
ca. 1550
Medium
alabaster with traces of gilding and polychromy (reliefs); oak with gesso, gilding, polychromy and alabaster colonettes (frame)
Dimensions
19.5; 121.5; 81
About this artwork
? Commissioned by or for (a member of) the Commandery Sint-Jansdal (also called ’s Heeren Loo) near Harderwijk, c. 1550; buried in the ground of this Commandery, ?1566; excavated on-site by the property’s owner, the mayor of Harderwijk, (?N.W.) de Meester, ’s Heeren Loo, early 18th century;{G.A. de Meester, ‘Het St. Jansdal of ’s Heeren Loo’, _Bijdragen voor Vaderlandsche Geschiedenis en Oudheidkunde_ 6 (1848), pp. 93-106, esp. 105; J. Kruisinga, ‘’s Heeren Loo’, _Elsevier’s Geïllustreerd Maands...
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...