# The Last Supper \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOUTS, Dieric the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Oil on panel

## Commentary

The trapezoid of the white table cloth, the distribution of the figures around it and their convergence on the central figure of Christ, as well as the subtle rhythm of the different colours, all conspire to endow this complex composition with a profound pictorial unity.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/adoration-of-the-magi-ra93499ba225ae7>)
- [Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/altarpiece-of-the-holy-sacrament-r02bb72eb1a5570>)
- [Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/altarpiece-of-the-holy-sacrament-rc3f202e2dc2187>)
- [Christ in the House of Simon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/christ-in-the-house-of-simon-ra8523c92ba8090>)
- [Coronation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/coronation-of-the-virgin-r13f2f6b45df603>)
- [Ecce Agnus Dei](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/ecce-agnus-dei-r602c7e5c47a0c5>)
- [Hell](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/hell-ra891fa74a1dc8a>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(central panel\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-central-panel-rf9b9592de73c1d>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-detail-rd1e5b0d9e93202>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(left wing\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-left-wing-r43f2ee3dfe7b5b>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(right wing\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-right-wing-rf9fc5075cfe4cc>)
- [Martyrdom of St Erasmus \(triptych\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bouts-dieric-the-elder-rd14f14ded1bbd1/martyrdom-of-st-erasmus-triptych-r7fd64f3d388b32>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)