National Gallery acquires Poussin’s ‘Eucharist’ in time for Easter

One of the greatest paintings of the Last Supper, by Nicolas Poussin, has been acquired by the National Gallery and went on display today, just in time for Easter.
Close up of Poussin’s Eucharist (c) National Gallery
The painting, Eucharist (from about 1637-40) is by Nicolas Poussin and is the first of the Gallery’s Bicentenary year acquisitions. The 15th painting by the French classicising artist to enter the Gallery’s collection, Eucharist, is part of Poussin’s cycle of