Why it matters
Jesus shares his last meal with the twelve apostles. Ge painted it in Florence between 1861 and 1863; the Imperial Academy of Arts then made him professor of history painting, and Emperor Alexander II bought it for the Academy's museum.
Did you know?
- It was completed in 1863.
- It measures 283 × 382 cm.
- It was shown at the Academic Exhibition in Saint Petersburg in 1863.
Based on the Wikipedia article Last Supper (Ge) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
