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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger: The Last Supper

🖼 The Last Supper, 1524-25
Limewood
116 × 97 cm
Basel, Switzerland

Candlelit figures gather around a table in geometric precision, their faces etched with Renaissance clarity and psychological depth. Holbein's composition transforms the sacred meal into an intimate human drama, blending Northern European detail with Italian compositional rigor to redefine religious narrative painting.

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