The genius of Filipe Hodart is evident in this set of statues portraying The Last Supper, making it one of the most impressive sculptural works of the European Renaissance. The figures, representing Christ and the Apostles in period clothing, were modelled in clay and, although the garments share common elements, each of the personages possesses a strong individuality. Hodart portrayed ordinary people, identified at the time as being people known in the daily life of the Mosteiro de Santa Cruz, for which the work was executed. They were beggars or labourers involved in the repair work on the monastery at the time. The entire group explodes with vivacity, revealing one of the most impetuous personalities of the Portuguese Renaissance. The originality and importance of this group lies in the formal treatment of the figures, making it a work obviously ahead of its time as it foresees Mannerist elements as well as displaying some traits of early Baroque in its dynamism and expressiveness.