Marlene DumasSouth African, 1953Het laatste avondmaal
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Het laatste avondmaal” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
During the Last Supper, Christ shared bread and wine, symbols of his body and blood, with his disciples. This was how he announced not only his crucifixion, but also that he would live on in his disciples, among whom he has traditionally been represented for centuries. Dumas took the liberty of making of him a solitary, empty figure, above whose head new life appears in a ‘cloud’ of foetuses.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- SK-A-5017
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — © the artist or rights holder
