The Last Supper

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Artist Sebastiano Ricci (Italian (Venetian), 1659–1734)Italian (Venetian), 1659–1734

CultureItalian

Titles

The Last Supper

DateAfter 1719

PlaceItaly

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 29 1/2 × 49 1/2 in. (74.9 × 125.7 cm)
Frame (outer): 38 1/8 × 58 1/4 × 2 15/16 in. (96.8 × 148 × 7.5 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1979.20

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

218 Blaffer Galleries

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

DescriptionSebastiano Ricci's composition focuses on the central figures of Christ and John the Evangelist and portrays Christ's blessing of the bread, the crucial moment of the Last Supper, with considerable drama. Yet, in a manner typical of Venetian painting since the 15th century, Ricci adds details to elaborate the biblical text, such as the woman with the basket of laundry at the left and the dog licking a plate, prominently placed in the foreground.
ProvenancePrivate collection, England; [Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London]; [Christie’s, London, December 4, 1936, Property of W. Smith, lot 86]; [Paul Drey Gallery, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1979.
Exhibition History"Venetian Painting from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, September 14–November 25, 2001.

No Exhibition Title, Old Jail Art Center, Abeline, Texas, February 13–April 15, 2002; Ellen Noel Museum, Odessa, Texas, April 16–June 17, 2002.

"The Old Masters: Selections from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, May 22–July 6, 2003.

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