The Last Supper: P.1757-1991

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

Print

Categories

Print

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

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

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

Associated departments & institutions

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

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