 The elegiac scene references Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" and Jan Vermeer von Delft's "Milkmaid" in order to convey the particular affect, temporality and political stalemate of 1930.During the Nazi period in Germany, Laserstein emigrated to Sweden, where she stayed in Stockholm and the city of Kalmar.She died in Kalmar on January 21, 1993.