Medal with The Last Supper and the Washing of the Feet by Jesus
Also known as: Penning met Het Laatste Avondmaal en het wassen van de voeten door Jezus
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1600 - c. 1650
Medal of silver. Obverse: centered in the middle: group of people seated under a gallery at a table; in the right foreground: three figures: a waving man, an applauding man, and a seated woman. Reverse: Jesus with a radiant halo kneels to wash the feet of a man seated before him; around them, conversing onlookers. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-4343; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique engraving; measurements diameter 5.7 cm x weight 67.9 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- engraving
- Measurements
- diameter 5.7 cm x weight 67.9 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 5.7 cm x weight 67.9 g
Design
- Obverse
- centered in the middle: group of people seated under a gallery at a table; in the right foreground: three figures: a waving man, an applauding man, and a seated woman.
- Reverse
- Jesus with a radiant halo kneels to wash the feet of a man seated before him; around them, conversing onlookers.
Identification
- Original title
- Penning met Het Laatste Avondmaal en het wassen van de voeten door Jezus
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-4343
- Museum classification
- devotional medal · medal
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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