Last Suppers

Leonardo’s Last Supper maybe the most famous religious painting in the history of art, but the subject itself was a popular one treated by many artists. Viewers who would like to see other artists’ conceptions can log in at www.wga.hu and look up the artists below using the site’s artists index. Some these artists painted their Last Suppers before Leonardo created his masterpiece in 1498, others afterwards. The treatment of the figures of Jesus and St. John will be of special interest.

Andrea (del Castagno), 1447

Andrea (del Sarto), c. 1520?1525

Bassano, Jacopo, 1542

Ghirlandaio, Doemenico (3 versions), 1476–1486

Huguet, Jaime, c. 1470

Roselli, Cosimo, 1481–82

Sassetta, 1423

A tapestry version, c. 1520–30, can be seen at the Web site for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, www.metmuseum.org. Click on Permanent Collection and then search for Bernaert van Orley.

A Last Supper dating back to c. 1300 can be found by logging on to the Worcester Art Museum site, www.worcesterart.org. Click on Collection, then European Art, then TheLast Supper and Agony in the Garden.