APPROX 20 PIECES THE LAST SUPPER - CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC RELIGIOUS PRINT, EUROPEAN CIRCA 1880-1920

A FINELY EXECUTED CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION OF LEONARDO DA VINCI'S ICONIC COMPOSITION DEPICTING CHRIST'S FINAL MEAL WITH HIS APOSTLES. THIS PRINT EXEMPLIFIES THE HIGH-QUALITY COLOUR PRINTING TECHNIQUES THAT MADE RELIGIOUS IMAGERY ACCESSIBLE TO MIDDLE-CLASS HOUSEHOLDS DURING THE LATE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN PERIODS.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
THE COMPOSITION PRESENTS ALL THIRTEEN FIGURES ARRANGED IN A SINGLE PERSPECTIVE WITHIN AN ARCHITECTURAL INTERIOR RENDERED IN SOFT GREEN TONES. CHRIST OCCUPIES THE CENTRAL POSITION IN BLUE AND RED DRAPERY, WHILST THE APOSTLES ARE DISTRIBUTED ALONG EITHER SIDE OF THE TABLE IN RICHLY COLOURED GARMENTS OF BLUE, PURPLE, GREEN, YELLOW, AND BURGUNDY. THE ARTIST HAS CAPTURED THE MOMENT OF DRAMATIC REVELATION WITH CAREFUL ATTENTION TO INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSIONS AND GESTURES. THREE WINDOWS IN THE BACKGROUND PROVIDE ATMOSPHERIC DEPTH WITH LANDSCAPE VIEWS RENDERED IN WARM OCHRE AND BLUE TONES.

PRINTING AND MATERIALS:
THE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS HAS PRODUCED EXCELLENT COLOUR SEPARATION AND REGISTRATION THROUGHOUT. THE PALETTE DEMONSTRATES THE SOPHISTICATED MULTI-STONE PRINTING TECHNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC OF QUALITY EUROPEAN PRODUCTION. DECORATIVE BORDERS FRAME THE COMPOSITION, WITH ORNAMENTAL TAPESTRIES DEPICTED ON THE INTERIOR WALLS ADDING TO THE DEVOTIONAL CHARACTER OF THE WORK.

CONDITION: THE PAPER SURFACE SHOWS MINOR AGE-RELATED FOXING AND LIGHT SURFACE SOILING CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND DISPLAY HISTORY. THE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC INKS REMAIN VIBRANT WITH NO SIGNIFICANT FADING. MINOR CREASING IS VISIBLE AT THE TOP EDGE FROM STORAGE. NO TEARS, LOSSES, OR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE PAPER SUBSTRATE. THE MOUNTING AND FRAME SHOW MINOR WEAR TO EDGES CONSISTENT WITH AGE.

PRESENTATION: THE PRINT IS MOUNTED WITHIN A PERIOD-APPROPRIATE FRAME WITH GLAZING. THE COMPOSITION MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 48 CM IN WIDTH AND 32 CM IN HEIGHT WITHIN THE FRAME.

THIS DEVOTIONAL PRINT REPRESENTS THE ENDURING APPEAL OF RELIGIOUS IMAGERY IN DOMESTIC INTERIORS DURING THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES, WHEN CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONS BROUGHT FINE ART INTO HOMES ACROSS EUROPE AND BEYOND.

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

11649+22

Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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