The Last Supper
Artist: Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne (French, 1631-1681)
Date: ca. 1678
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, United States
The Last Supper
During the Last Supper - a Passover celebration - Jesus took a loaf of bread and gave thanks to God. As He broke it and gave it to His disciples, He said, “‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you’” (Luke 22:19-21). He concluded the feast by singing a hymn (Matthew 26:30), and they went out into the night to the Mount of Olives. It was there that, as predicted, Jesus was betrayed by Judas. The following day Jesus was crucified.
