''The Last Supper'' is a painting depicting the
Lord's Supper
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created by
Lazzaro Pisani. It is currently the titular altarpiece of the
Parish Church
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in
Għasri
Għasri ( mt, L-Għasri) is an administrative unit of Malta, in the western part of the island of Gozo, with a population of 525 people (as of March 2014). By population, it is the smallest village in Gozo after San Lawrenz, and the third-smalle ...
dedicated to the Institution of the Eucharist.
Painting
The painting was commissioned by the Rev. Fr. Carmelo Caruana, curator of the
church
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, and vice parish priest. The painting was put in place in 1917. The decorator Antonio Agius is responsible for the frame, which was done a year later. This, and his other works in the parish church are considered to be his climax.
The stone sculptures at the bottom of the frame were removed when the walls of the
chancel
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were covered in marble (see right).
Restoration
By 2007, due to the weight of the canvas itself, creases were forming in the painting and it was getting unstuck from its frame.
BOV sponsored the restoration. The restoration was carried out by Emanuel Zammit, from
Żejtun
Żejtun ( mt, Iż-Żejtun ) is a city in the South Eastern Region of Malta, with a population of 11,218 at end 2016. Żejtun is traditionally known as Città Beland, a title conferred by the grandmaster of the Order of the Knights of Malta, F ...
following his other works in the Cathedral of the Assumption in Gozo.
References
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1917 paintings
Pisani Pisani may refer to:
*Pisani (surname), Italian surname
*Pisani family, a Venetian patrician family active in the Venetian Republic from the 12th to the 18th Centuries
*Rocca Pisana
*Palazzo Contarini Pisani
*Palazzo Soranzo Pisani
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Paintings in Malta
Altarpieces