220 - The Last Supper

Identity area

Reference code

MCPP/FF/FPR/L/220

Title

The Last Supper

Date(s)

  • 1585 (Creation)

Extent and medium

Engraving on paper

Context area

Name of creator

(1593-1637)

Biographical history

Educated at Clare Hall/College; Fellow of Clare. From 1618 to 1624 he was director to the affairs of the Virginia Company. Ferrar was ordained as a deacon in 1626 and founded the small Anglican community of Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, shortly ... »

Archival history

The loose Ferrar prints were conserved in 2014-2015. Please note that the digital images of the prints were captured before conservation work took place.

Conditions of access and use area

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

20.9 cm x 12.9 cm

Notes area

Note

Engraver: Anton Wierix II
Publisher: Gerard de Jode
After Marten de Vos

Note

Part of a set of twenty-two prints depicting the Passion of Christ.
Plate 3

Note

The print comes from the Thesaurus Veteris et Novi Testamenti, a collection of groups of prints by different designers and engravers published together by Gerard de Jode in Antwerp in 1585.

Note

The whole margin has been cut off.

Note

MS annotation on the verso of the print in the hand of John Ferrar: "129" and "129".

Access points

Description control area

Sources

Alvin, L. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères, Jean, Jérôme & Antoine Wierix, Brussels, 1866 (389bis)
Mauquoy-Hendrickx, M. Les estampes des Wierix, conservées au Cabinet de Estampes de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier. Catalogue ... »