Description
In 1692, Charles II summoned Luca Giordano to Spain to paint the ceilings in the Escorial. In 1702 he returned to Naples. This is a copy he made after Agostino Carracci's painting of the Last Supper, now in the Prado, Madrid.
Accession Number
81068
Medium
Pen and iron gall ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory wove card
Dimensions
22.2 × 41.4 cm (8 3/4 × 16 5/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Credit Line
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
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