The Last Supper

Christ sits centrally with a radiant circular halo, gesturing toward the bread as the young Apostle John leans against him. The room is filled with disciples in expressive poses, including one in the foreground pouring wine and another standing with a knife. A basket of bread and a lamb on a platter are visible, while a parrot perches on a rod in the background architecture.

This scene depicts the institution of the Eucharist, which Renaissance Christian Kabbalists and Paracelsian physicians often interpreted as a supreme mystery of spiritual and material transformation. The arrangement of the twelve apostles was frequently mapped onto the twelve zodiacal signs or the tribes of Israel in esoteric structuralist thought.