Judas at the Last Supper

Judas’s head is seen in profile, receiving bread from the hand of Christ whose upper half is missing. The bread was a sign of favour, making Judas’s subsequent betrayal all the more evil. This relief probably formed part of an altarpiece showing scenes from Christ’s Passion – the events associated with his death and resurrection.

The fragment is a masterpiece of expressive visualisation, capturing the moment at which Judas greedily identifies himself as the betrayer of Christ a the Last Supper