Last Supper
n.d.
Medium
Brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized), on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
34.8 × 55.2 cm (13 3/4 × 21 3/4 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
54848
Art Historical Context
Behold Jacopo Tintoretto's *Last Supper*, a masterful preparatory drawing that captures the dramatic intensity for which the Venetian Renaissance artist is renowned. Created undated (n.d.) and housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints Drawings Department, this sheet measures 34.8 × 55.2 cm and exemplifies Tintoretto's innovative approach to religious iconography. As a key figure in the Mannerist movement, Tintoretto often depicted biblical scenes like the Last Supper dynamic compositions, swirling figures, and heightened emotion, departing from the serene symmetry of Leonardo da Vinci's ...