Venetian School, 16th CenturyThe Last Supperbears signature and number 'Tintoretto 15/6' (lower left)black chalk, pen and brown ink, heightened with white chalk on brown paper, on a François Renaud mount27.8x 51.7cm(10 15/16x 20 3/8in).For further information on this lot please visit theArtist or Maker: Venetian SchoolProvenance: ProvenanceProbably the collection of Antoine Dezailler (1642-1716), thence by descent to his sonAntoine-Joseph Dezailler d'Argenville (1680-1765) (L.2951, bears his attribution 'Tintoretto' and the no. '666')Probably his sale, Paris, 18-28 January 1779, part of lot 163Francois Renaud (L. 1042)Unidentified collector C (L. 474 and L.3510, his numbers 'L.38 3d' and inscription 'Tintoretto' on the mount)Sale, Drouot, Paris, 6 December 1993, lot 8Private Collection, EuropeSale, Christie's, Paris, 22 June 2005, lot 1 (as attributed to Tintoretto)LiteratureJ. Labbé, L. Bicart-Sée,La collection de dessins d'Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville, Paris, 1996, p. 143, cat. no. 666The present drawing is related to Tintoretto'sLast Supper from 1568-69, now in the Church of San Paolo, Venice.