Jaume Huguet, The Last Supper

Circa 1470
Paint on panel, gold ground
National Museum of Art of Catalonia

The painting merges the imagery of the Mass with that of the Passover celebration. As in the Mass Christ holds a chalice with hosts and blesses the viewer. The cruets on the table refer to those used in the "Offertory" of the Latin Mass, when wine and water are mixed together in preparation for the consecration.

Cruets on the credence table during a Tridentine Mass.

The Mass is considered a memorial not only of the historical supper but of Christ's self sacrifice as "lamb of God." The lamb on the platter makes this point while also signifying the typological relationship between the Mass and the Passover liturgy. Passover is also referenced by the loaves on the table, which are flat and thus apparently unleavened.

John, as usual, is the one reclining on Jesus' shoulder. Peter is the older man with the square beard to the left of Jesus. Judas, second from the left on the viewer's side of the table, is identified by the fact he is the only one without a halo.

Read more about images of the Last Supper.

Sources: The Last Supper is from this page at Wikimedia Commons.
The picture of the cruets is from this page at The Holy Mass: A Pictorial Guide with Text (retrieved 2022-05-25).