CHRIST WITH THE EUCHARIST
Artist Vicente Joanes Maçip
active in Valencia, between 1578 and 1620
Date ca. 1578–1594
Object type painting Medium, technique oil on limewood Dimensions 101 × 63 cm Inventory number 764
Collection Old Master Paintings
On view Museum of Fine Arts, First Floor, European Art 1250-1600, Gallery XXIV
This painted wooden panel was once the door of a tabernacle, a locked box in which the Eucharist was kept. The reverse shows the Christogram IHS, the Latin transcription of the Greek name for Jesus, while on the obverse is the Saviour himself, holding the Host, in a gesture that refers to the original function of the painting. The work is especially interesting in that the chalice depicted on the mensa is a real object, kept in Valencia Cathedral.
According to legend, it is none other than the Holy Grail itself, from which Jesus drank during the Last Supper.
Research has demonstrated that, the chalice resembling a medieval work of art, actually consists of two parts: the agate bowl, which dates from pre-Christian times, and the gold base and handles that were later additions.
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