New Testament subjects
The Last Supper
c.1853-1876Albumen print | 13.8 x 25.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850442
A photograph of a painting by Tommaso di Stefano depicting The Last Supper now in the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis (inv. no. 61.203). This composition is clearly inspired by a print by Marco Dente da Ravenna. See RCIN 850434 for the print by Marco Dente and RCIN 850433 for an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi of the same subject.
A drawing now in the Royal Library, Windsor (RCIN 912745) is considered to be the modello for the print by Marco Dente and the one by Raimondi, although scholars do not agree which print has been executed earlier than the other. The heavily damaged condition of the drawing has occasioned a degree of scholarly disagreement about its authorship; ultraviolet photography reveals some of the now lost strength and vitality of the draughtsmanship. See Bibliographic References for further information.
Creator(s)
After Tommaso di Stefano (c.1495 - 1564) (artist)
After a work copying Marco Dente Da Ravenna (d. 1527) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
13.8 x 25.7 cm (sheet of paper)
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Public Life of Christ
- Last Supper
- Public Life of Christ
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.114-115, no. 29 (Clayton 1999 : Clayton, M. Raphael and his Circle. Drawings from Windsor Castle, London)
no. 805 (P&W : Popham, A.E. & Wilde, J., 1949. The Italian Drawings of the XV and XVI Centuries in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London)
pp.174-175, no. VIII.1 (entry written by Stefania Massari) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
pp. 116-117, no. 30 (Shoemaker/Broun 1981 : I. Shoemaker and E. Broun. The Engravings of Marcantonio Raimondi 1981 : Spencer Museum of Art; The Ackland Art Museum, 1981)
