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The gathering of manna and Passover (recto left), The last supper (middle), The meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek and Elijah awakened by the angel (1 Kings 19:5-6) (recto right), 1464-1468

panel (wood), oil paint, 183 x 152.5 cm

Dieric Bouts

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Current attribution
Date
1464-1468
Attribution place

Title
The gathering of manna and Passover (recto left), The last supper (middle), The meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek and Elijah awakened by the angel (1 Kings 19:5-6) (recto right)
Other/old title
De Sacramentstriptiek
Genre
Subject keywords
Iconclass

'Pesah', Passover ~ Jewish religion

the meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, the high priest and king of Salem, who brings bread and wine (Genesis 14:18-20)

an angel wakes Elijah; a loaf of bread and a jar of water are usually at Elijah's head

institution of the Eucharist, i.e. Christ showing or blessing bread (host) and/or wine (Matthew 26:26-27; Mark 14:22-23; Luke 22:19-20; John 13:26; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25)

Object
Support/medium
Shape/sizes
183 x 152.5 cm

Physical relationship

Bouts, Dieric
Passover, art work number: 36844
Bouts, Dieric
The Last Supper, art work number: 36841
Bouts, Dieric
The meeting of Abram [Abraham] and Melchizedek, the high priest and king of Salem, who brings bread and wine (Genesis 14:18-24), art work number: 36843
Bouts, Dieric
The prophet Elijah fed by the angel on Mount Horeb (I Kings 19:5-6), art work number: 36845
De volgorde van de panelen van de zijluiken is niet altijd hetzelfde geweest.

Collection(s)
  • Sint-Pieterskerk (Leuven)

Literature in RKDLibrary
Other literature
  • R. Lefève en F. van Molle, 'De oorspronkelijke schikking van de luiken van Bouts' Laatste Avondmaal', Bulletin Koninklijk Instituut van het Kunstpatrimonium 3 (1960), p. 5-19
  • J.G. van Gelder, 'Het zogenaamde portret van Dieric Bouts op het 'Werc van den Heilichen Sacrament', Oud-Holland 66 (1951), p. 51
  • E. Wouk, 'Dirk Bouts's Last Supper Altarpiece and the sacrament van mirakel at Louvain', Immediations 1 (2005), nr. 2, p. 40-53

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