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By Daniele Crespi, Brera, Milan; canvas, H. 10 ft. 6 in. × 6 ft. 10 in. Christ has his hand on the shoulder of St. John; two apostles in foreground; above, two angels with a banderol.

By Gaudenzio Ferrari, S. M. della Passione, Milan; in chapel of left transept. St. John leans upon Christ's shoulder; in background, an open window with two boys looking in.

By Eduard von Gebhardt, National Gallery, Berlin; canvas, H. 6 ft. 5 in. × 9 ft. 11 in.; signed, dated 1870. Christ seated in the centre of the table, with his left hand raised; at his right, John inquiringly places his hands on the Saviour's arm; on the other side, James, son of Alphæus, with his hand upon his mouth, looks searchingly at the Master; Nathanael, risen from his seat, is standing behind him; at the left, next to John, are sitting Simon Zelotes, Andrew, and James the son of Zebedee; in the foreground right, Matthew trying to console the youthful Thomas, who hides his face in his hands, weeping; at the left Judas, looking down sadly; next him the empty chair of Judas Iscariot, who has risen and, noticed only by Bartholomew, is leaving the room.—Jordan (1885), i. 35.

By Domenico Ghirlandajo, Convent of S. Marco, Florence; fresco on wall. But little varied from an earlier fresco by him in the refectory of the Ogni Santi, Florence.

By Giotto, S. M. dell' Arena, Padua; fresco on wall. One of same series as Last Judgment by Giotto. Another Last Supper (fresco) by Giotto in Convent of S. Croce, Florence.—C. & C., Italy, i. 271; Larousse, iii. 702.

By Hans Holbein, the younger, Basle Museum. Shows influence of Da Vinci, but the head of Judas, which is decidedly vulgar, shows the painter's realistic tendency. A Last Supper by Holbein, the elder, part of an altarpiece completed in 1501 for the Dominicans of Frankfort, is in the Städel Gallery, Frankfort.—Kugler (Crowe), i. 141, 203.

By Vicente Joanes, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 4 ft. 2 in. × 6 ft. 3 in. Christ seated in middle before a long table, with St. Peter at his right and St. John at his left; Judas leans on table, holding a purse in his hand. The masterpiece of the painter. Lithographed in Madrazo. Another Last Supper by Joanes in Cathedral of Valencia.—Madrazo; Larousse, iii. 704.

By Justus of Ghent, Town Gallery, Urbino. In the middle of a church-like hall, with open doors, in front of a table, Christ stands with a plate in his left hand, bending to give the host to an apostle kneeling next to him; behind the Saviour, three apostles kneeling; behind the first apostle, at the left, the others partly kneeling, partly about to kneel, one disciple standing with a candle in his hand, and St. John with a wine-flask, ready to fill the chalice. On the opposite side of the table, Duke Frederic of Urbino, turning to the Venetian ambassador, Caterino Zeno; behind the Duke, two younger men, one of whom is said to be Justus of Ghent. Painted for S. Agata, Urbino, in 1470-74.—Förster, Denkmale, xi. iii. 9.

By Lambert Lombard, Brussels Museum; dated 1531. Christ seated midway at back of the table, Judas with the purse in front; two dogs quarrel under the table; a basket with bread and fruit on the floor; in background, a servant bearing two vases; through a window, in a landscape, the city of Jerusalem.—Fétis, Cat. du Mus. royal, 130; E. Leroy sale (1857), 2,300 fr.

By Murillo, S. M. la Blanca, Seville; canvas, arched, H. 8 ft. 8 in. × 8 ft 8 in. Christ and the disciples seated at a square table, covered with a white cloth, on which is a candle, but neither dishes nor food; a candelabrum on the wall in upper left-hand corner dimly lights the scene. If by Murillo, a very early work.—Ponz. Viage, ix. 85; G. de Leon, i. 104; Curtis, 196

By school of Perugino (?), S. Onofrio, Florence; fresco, figures life-size. Table set in front of a colonnade; Christ seated in middle, with SS. James the less, Philip,