Laatste avondmaal
1656 - 1699
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
127; 96
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 12
Art Historical Context
**Laatste Avondmaal (The Last Supper)** This engraving, titled *Laatsteondmaal*—Dutch for "The Last Supperdepicts the pivotal biblical scene of Christ sharing his final meal with the apostles. Created anonymously between 1656 and 1699, it exemplifies the enduring popularity of this sacred subject in Northern European art during the Dutch Golden Age. At just 127 mm high by 96 mm wide, its intimate scale suggests it was designed for personal devotion, perhaps adorning private, prayer books, or collectors' albums. Engraving, the medium here, involved incising fine lines into a metal plate with...
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...