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Jacopo Bassano (1510-1592) “The Last Supper” (1542) Oil on canvas Located in the Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy

Bassano’s Last Supper is considered one of the masterpieces of 16th-century Italian painting. Instead of the elegant grouping of figures such as in Leonardo’s painting, which inspired it, this dramatic scene features barefoot fishermen at the crucial moment when Christ asks who will betray him. Recent restoration has only now revealed the extraordinary original colours, which had been heavily painted over in the 19th century, when the emerald green and iridescent pinks and oranges were not in fashion.