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  • The Last Supper should not be depicted as a luxurious feast



    Molanus argues that paintings of Christ should serve as a model of honesty and religion, therefore painting the Last Supper full of luxuries constitutes an act of blasphemy.

    Conflict
    Sacred vs. profane imagery Style/manner
    Mention
    Leuven, 1617
    Subject
    Jesus Christ ; Last Supper ; Martyrs
  • Tablecloth reliquary ©KHM-Museumsverband

    Wilhelm V. and the relic theft

    Nuremberg, Heilig-Geist-Spital

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    1518


    The reliquary with a piece of the tablecloth of the Last Supper was commissioned by the Nuremberg City Council in 1518 and was displayed annually at the ‘Heiltumsweisung’, a healing instruction.

    Conflict
    Lutheran
    Mention
    Spalt, Nuremberg
    Subject
    Last Supper