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Last Supper

A work made of pen and iron gall ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove card.
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  • A work made of pen and iron gall ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove card.

Date:

c. 1685

Artist:

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634-1705)
after Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)

About this artwork

In 1692, Charles II summoned Luca Giordano to Spain to paint the ceilings in the Escorial. In 1702 he returned to Naples. This is a copy he made after Agostino Carracci’s painting of the Last Supper, now in the Prado, Madrid.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Luca Giordano

Title

Last Supper

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1652–1705

Medium

Pen and iron gall ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove card

Dimensions

22.2 × 41.4 cm (8 3/4 × 16 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.101

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