The Last Supper

Details

FLEMISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
The Last Supper
black chalk, pen and brown ink, gray wash, heightened with white, squared in black chalk
8 ½ x 14 ½ in. (21.7 x 36.6 cm), upper corners rounded

Provenance

Bernard Houthakker (1884-1963), Amsterdam (L. 1272); Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 17 November 1975, lot 9.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

This large drawing was most likely intended as preparatory study for a painting as indicated by the presence of the careful squaring in black chalk for transfer the composition.

The unidentified interlaced initials at lower left, might reveal further details about the provenance of the sheet.

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