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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1856,0614.56
Title: Series: The Passion
Description: Plate 1: The Last Supper; Christ is seated at a table with his apostles; He holds two pieces of bread and St John dozes at His side; a servant bears a large plate of food and is about to descend some steps at right; beyond is a view of a large fortified building. 1598 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Hendrik Goltzius
School/style: Dutch
Production date: 1598
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 197 millimetres; Width: 131 millimetres
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Curator's comments: This is the first from a series of twelve engravings by Goltzius showing the Passion, dated 1596-1598 (New Hollstein 17-28; for a complete set see 1856,0614.55-66 and D,5.173. For a series of deceptive copies by Hogenberg see also D,5.172-183. A related drawing is in Leipzig (Reznicek 33). Lit.: H. Leeflang and G.Luijten, 'Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): Drawings, prints and paintings', exh.cat. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York and Toledo Museum of Art Ohio, 2003, cat.no.80.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (17.I) (Hendrick Goltzius); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (21.I); Hirschmann 1921 / Hendrik Goltzius, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werkes (21); Strauss 1977 / Hendrik Goltzius: the complete engravings and woodcuts (356); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (III.20.27)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: last supper
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Apostles; Associated with: Cardinal Federico Borromeo
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1856,0614.56

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