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| Keywords: The Last Supper, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg The Last Supper which he may have seen on a visit to northern Italy or have known from prints Only nine of the apostles appear in Holbein's picture because the outer boards of the painting which was part of an altarpiece were lost during iconoclastic riots by reformers in Basel The head of Christ was sawn out of the picture at one time and dents from hammer blows are visible on the work According to the 16th-century inventory of the Amerbach collection the damaged painting was coarsely aber vnfletig glued back together It was often repainted over the centuries and has only been restored to Holbein's work since 1988 though some paint and subtle glazes have been lost References Buck pp 38 “41; Oskar Bätschmann Pascal Griener Hans Holbein London Reaktion Books 1997 ISBN 1861890400 pp 105 “107 Stephanie Buck Hans Holbein Cologne Könemann 1999 ISBN 3829025831 Creator Hans Holbein d J Uploaded by qp10qp c 1524/1525 x100px PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Holbein II;Last Supper;Basel Kunstmuseum;1524 1525 16th-century religious paintings in Switzerland Stools Religious paintings by Hans Holbein der Jüngere 16th-century paintings of the Last Supper Stools in art People on stools 1520s religious paintings 1530s paintings from Germany 1520s paintings in Switzerland | ||||
