The Last Supper

Pseudo Jacopino di Francesco, an anonymous Bolognese painter active in the 1320s-1330s, takes his name from an earlier misattribution. This Last Supper reflects the importance of the Eucharistic theme in Gothic art, particularly for refectory or chapel settings where the meal of Christ and the apostles mirrored the communal life of religious communities. The Bolognese school occupied a distinctive position between the Tuscan and Venetian traditions, developing its own vivid narrative style.

Tempera and gold on panel, with the twelve apostles and Christ arranged around a table in a compressed spatial format. The Bolognese painter employs strong, saturated colors and emphatic gestural expressions, with figures showing a robustness distinct from the more refined Sienese manner.