The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper with St. Peter and St. Paul. Culture: Mexican. Dimensions: Wings 19 x 6-1/4 in. (48.3 x 15.9 cm)Center 19 x 12-1/2 in. (48.3 x 31.8 cm). Date: mid-16th century.This feather mosaic triptych from 16th-century Mexico is one of just three that survive. It was created by indigenous featherworkers who adapted the pre-Hispanic technique to Christian use. An altar card, it pictures the Last Supper as the first Mass. The Latin text beneath the image begins: "For this is my body. For this is the chalice of my blood." Feather mosaics were highly prized by Europeans for their exotic origin and appearance. The present work, which can be traced to a Florentine collection, was among the "objects of curious pictorial art" given to the Museum in 1888 by a Manhattan law firm. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper with St. Peter and St. Paul. Culture: Mexican. Dimensions: Wings 19 x 6-1/4 in. (48.3 x 15.9 cm)Center 19 x 12-1/2 in. (48.3 x 31.8 cm). Date: mid-16th century.This feather mosaic triptych from 16th-century Mexico is one of just three that survive. It was created by indigenous featherworkers who adapted the pre-Hispanic technique to Christian use. An altar card, it pictures the Last Supper as the first Mass. The Latin text beneath the image begins: "For this is my body. For this is the chalice of my blood." Feather mosaics were highly prized by Europeans for their exotic origin and appearance. The present work, which can be traced to a Florentine collection, was among the "objects of curious pictorial art" given to the Museum in 1888 by a Manhattan law firm. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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