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VOUET, Simon: The Last Supper

🖼 The Last Supper, 1615-20
Oil on canvas
Loreto, Italy

Dramatic candlelight illuminates Christ and apostles gathered around a table, rendered in rich Baroque color with dynamic diagonal composition. Vouet's French interpretation of this sacred moment emphasizes intimate human emotion over rigid tradition, influencing 17th-century religious art across Europe.

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