# The Last Supper [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VEEN, Otto van]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 350 x 2247 cm ## Commentary The Last Supper 1592 Oil on canvas, 350 x 2247 cm O.-L. Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp Jesus and his disciples take their meal in a room with columns, oil-lamps, a sofa and an amphora that give it a classical feel. A glowing light in the dark background illuminates the Bible. The artist shows the moment at which Christ blesses the bread and wine before his agitated disciples. Christ has just suggested that one of them would betray him. They began to be distressed and to say to him one after another, 'Surely, not I?' To the viewer, however, it is clear that the man who turns away from the group as his wine is poured and who secretively clutches a purse is the traitor Judas. The painting originally served as an altarpiece in a chapel devoted to the Eucharist. It is considered to be one of Van Veen masterpieces. ## Related artworks - [A Lady Bitten by a Parrot]() - [Albert VII, Archduke of Austria]() - [Distribution of Herring and White Bread during the Siege of Leiden]() - [Emblem]() - [Lycurgus Demonstrares the Importance of Education]() - [Portrait of Nicolaas Rockox]() - [The Artist Painting, Surrounded by his Family]() - [The Triumph of Wisdom over Fortune]() - [Xantippe Dousing Socrates]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()