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The Last Supper: P.1757-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Last Supper
The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life According to the Christian Institution

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faithorne, William

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1653

Note

II/IV.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 262 mm Width 203 mm
Sheet Height 271 mm Width 209 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 1653.
  • Location: Image lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Date
  • Text: W Fathorne Sculp
  • Location: Image lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Caenantibus eis accepit Iesus panem, et benedixit at fregit, deditq[ue] discipulis suis, et ait, accipite et comedite: hoc est corpus meum / And as they did eate, Iesus took the bread, and when he had blessed, he broke it and gave it to the Disciples, and sayd: take / eate: this is my body. Matth. 26.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Print
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Place this before ye 13 Sect. P. 517.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 400
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Black ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1757-1991
Primary reference Number: 86098
Fagan (Faithorne): p. 73
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 9 July 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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