[2] The painting is undated, but based on compositional details has been considered a "late work" by the master and therefore dates to the 1490s.

[2] This holy communion is often depicted in an enclosed garden or courtyard such as the one in this painting.

This courtyard with its open gate has compositional characteristics similar to the ones in the painting by the Master of the Spes Nostra, also in the Rijksmuseum.

[2] Unusual is the prominent role of Saint Ursula in the painting, as well as the presence of the two male figures who are difficult to identify.

The painting was attributed to the brothers Jan and Hubert van Eyck until Max J. Friedlander identified it as the work of a different artist in 1903.