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Rembrandt makes da Vinci's "The Last Supper" his own with this chalk study

"The density of lines enhances the extraordinary emotion of the moment."

"The density of lines enhances the extraordinary emotion of the moment."

Curator Dita Amory on an unusually large red-chalk drawing by Rembrandt based on Leonardo's "The Last Supper."

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Photography by Eileen Travell

Photo of fresco: Scala/Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali / Art Resource, NY

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The Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Red chalk
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1634–35