Description
The Last Supper and the Eucharist
The Last Supper brings the apostles together with Christ before his Passion. In Luke 22:14-20, Jesus gives bread and the cup to his disciples and commands them to keep his memorial. Christian tradition therefore reads the meal in relation to the Eucharist and to the self-giving that reaches its fulfillment on the Cross.
This Eastern-style composition arranges the apostles around an oval table, rather than along one side of a long table as in many Western paintings. Christ appears at the upper left, distinguished by a cross-inscribed halo and a red patterned backdrop. A disciple leans toward him, while another reaches toward the central vessel. The varied gestures make the meal a scene of encounter and conversation, framed by stylized buildings.
The icon can be placed in a dining room as a visual companion to grace before meals or in a parish setting for Eucharistic catechesis. Its subject concerns the origin of the Church's Eucharistic remembrance; the image itself is a devotional object, not a substitute for participation in the liturgy.
Made in Poland on linden wood
Art Christiana makes this icon to order on a linden-wood board with two coats of primer. The image is printed directly onto the prepared surface and finished with decorative gold-tone metal leaf (schlagmetal). A certificate bearing the production year and a hanging fixture are attached to the back.