He holds out the bread at the end of the table.
Bible in art · Luke
The Communion of the Apostles (La communion des apôtres)
James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Tissot called this sheet The Communion of the Apostles. Jesus stands at the head of a table in white and holds out a piece of bread to the disciples, who kneel and bow around the table with their hands together.
A cup stands on the white tablecloth. The walls are hung with heavy patterned curtains in rust and green, and a few lamps glimmer high in the dark.
From the text
- “He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them” (Luke 22:19)
- “In the same way, after supper He took the cup” (Luke 22:20)
The artist’s own
- The disciples kneeling, as in a church of Tissot’s time
- Patterned curtains around the room
Details
Jesus
The cup
A cup stands on the tablecloth.
Kneeling
Disciples bow at the table with their hands together.
In prayer
A disciple kneels in a dark robe.
James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.223) · Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper · Brooklyn Museum (Commons file page, «Permission»): "This image was uploaded by the Brooklyn Museum as a content partnership, and is considered to have no known copyright restrictions by the institutions of the Brooklyn Museum." — "No known copyright restrictions".