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He was born probably in Haarlem and was mainly active in Leuven , where he was city painter from 1468 . Bouts was among the first northern paintings to demonstrate the use of a single vanashing point (as illustrated in his ''Last Supper''). Last Supper is the central panel of ''Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament'', commissioned from Bouts by the Leuven Confraternity of the Holy Sacrament in 1469. All of the central room's ''orthogonals'' (lines imagined to be behind and perpendicular to the picture plan that converge at a vanshing point) lead to a single vanashing point in the center of the mantelpiece above Christ's head. However the small side room has its own vanashing point, and neigther it now the vanashing point of the main room falls on the horizon of the landscape seen through the windows. Scholars also have noted that Bouts's ''Last Supper'' was the first Flemish panel painting depicting this event. In this central panel, Bouts did not focus on the biblical narrative itself but instead presented Christ in the role of a priest performing a ritual from the liturgy of the christian Church - the consecration of the Eucharistic wafer. This contrasts strongly with other Last Supper depications, which often focused on Judas's betrayal or on Christ's comforting of john. Bouts also added to the complexity of this image by including four servants (two in the window and two standing), all dressed in Flemish attire. These servants are most likely portraits of the confraternity's members responsible for commissioning the alterpiece. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK
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