The Last Supper

Christ sits at the center of a crowded table, his head framed by a radiant sunburst halo, as he gestures towards the bread. Judas stands in the foreground with his back to the viewer, clutching a money bag behind his back, while the other apostles react with intense expressions and gestures. The scene is set in a vaulted interior featuring a hanging fixture above the table and a parrot perched on a curtain rod in the background.

This print is a product of the Haarlem Mannerist school, a circle of artists whose technical innovations were often used to explore complex spiritual mysteries. The scene depicts the institution of the Eucharist, representing the 'transmutation' of material substance into divine essence, a concept that shared conceptual space with the alchemical and philosophical interests of late 16th and early 17th-century Dutch intellectuals.