1864
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Copy after The Last Supper, Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Chiesa di Ognissanti (Florence) is a 1864 watercolor by Domenico Ghirlandaio, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows Jesus and his disciples seated at a table. The artist who made this copy was Christian Schultz, and he did it for the Arundel Society. This group wanted to share art with more people by making copies of famous works. You can learn more about the style of the original artist by looking at the work of Ghirlandaio, Domenico.
A watercolour by Christian Schultz, dated 1864, reproduces the Last Supper fresco painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio around 1480 in the refectory of the Ognissanti Church in Florence. The scene depicts Christ and the twelve apostles seated at a long, U-shaped table beneath an open portico, with trees visible in the background. The work was commissioned by the Arundel Society to disseminate knowledge of Renaissance art, particularly Italian Old Masters, reflecting nineteenth-century interest in early European art. Ghirlandaio’s original fresco integrates symbolic ornamental details referencing…
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Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi (2 June 1448 – 11 January 1494), professionally known as Domenico Ghirlandaio (also spelt as Ghirlandajo), was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Florence.
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