PARTIAL LIST OF VENETIAN RENAISSANCE LAST SUPPERS

PARTIAL LIST OF VENETIAN RENAISSANCE LAST SUPPERS


VENICE:
1) Last Supper, mosaic, Basilica di San Marco, 13th century.

2) Last Supper, 1573, (renamed Supper in the House of Levi by the Inquisition) - by Veronese, for the Church of San Giovanni e Paolo originally, now in the Accademia.

3-  Last Supper by Tintoretto - many churches in Venice have Last Suppers by Tintoretto.
Most famous by Tintoretto - in the choir space of the church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Isola di
San Giorgio Maggiore, 1594, to the right of the altar.

I am grateful to a former student, Professor Lorenzo Buonanno, who wrote his Senior Thesis on Tintoretto's Last Suppers in Venice, for alerting me to all the Last Suppers Tintoretto had painted.

Here are several other examples:

Church of Santo Stefano, 1570:

Church of San Polo, 1570:

1579-81, Scuola Grande di San Rocco:

1563-64, Church of San Trovaso, Venice:

 San Marcuola, Venice, 1561

LUCCA:  Cathedral of San Martino, Tintoretto Last Supper, 1591:

Paris: Church of Saint Francis Xavier:

LIST of important MEDIEVAL Italian LAST SUPPERS

Chronological List of important MEDIEVAL Italian LAST SUPPERS:

RAVENNA:
1 - Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, mosaic, 6th century.

VENICE:
1) Last Supper, mosaic, Basilica di San Marco, 13th century.

PADUA:
1) Giotto, Arena Chapel, Padua, fresco, 1305-6:

SIENA
1) Duccio, predella panel of Altarpiece for the Siena Cathedral, Maesta, 1309-11, now in the
Pinacoteca of the Sienese Cathedral.

ASSISI
1) Pietro Lorenzetti, South (left) transept, archway, Lower Church, Basilica of San Francesco,
1320.

 SAN GIMIGNANO
1) Lippo Memmi, 1348, right nave lowest register in Life of Christ cycle, Church of the Collegiata,
San Gimignano, fresco.

 FLORENCE
1) Taddeo Gaddi, 1360, refectory of monastery of Santa Croce, under Tree of Jesse and Crucifixion
with lives of saints.

 

LIST of FLORENTINE LAST SUPPERS

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Chronological list of the most important RENAISSANCE LAST SUPPERS
in FLORENCE:


1 - Taddeo Gaddi, 1360 - Santa Croce monastery refectory, lowest part of a Tree of Jesse and Crucifixion with side scenes from saints' lives. Judas is on the opposite side of the table from Christ.

2 - Orcagna, 1370 - damaged Last supper (only two apostles left), Refectory of Santo Spirito.

          
3 - Fra Angelico -1445-1452 -  3 Last Suppers (2 are really the subject Institution of the Eucharist),
     1 in cell 35 in monastery of San Marco, 2 on the church calendar panel in Museo di San Marco.

 Cell 35 - Last Supper with Mary, Christ's mother, kneeling.



4 - Castagno, 1447 - Sant'Apollonia, refectory of the convent.

 5 - Ghirlandaio -  1480 - Ognissanti refectory, Ognissanti

      Ghirlandaio - 1482-  San Marco refectory


6-  Perugino -1494 - Last Supper for refectory of convent of Fuligno, Florence.

7 - Franciabigio, 1514, Last Supper for Convitto della Calza (convent refectory), Florence.

8 - Andrea del Sarto -1519-27 - San Salvi refectory, just outside Renaissance walls of Florence.

     
9 - Francesco Allori, Last Supper, refectory, Chiesa del Carmine, 1582.

Taddeo Gaddi seems to begin the tradition in Florence of placing Judas on the opposite side of the table from Christ, a tradition followed by Castagno, Ghirlandaio, Perugino, Franciabigio, and only stopped by Leonardo in his Last Supper in Milano which influences Del Sarto and in Florence after him. The Florentines except for Fra Angelico like the tradition of placing the remaining apostles on the same side of the table so that their faces can easily be discerned along with their reactions to the announcements.  All the Florentine examples, except for Fra Angelico's, are painted for ecclesiastical dining halls, mirroring the activity of the monks or nuns gathering for meals.
           The lifelike quality of the Last Suppers after Orcagna can be attributed to the use of
one-point perspective and careful study of anatomy and realistic light sources. The only animals in
the Florentine examples are the birds and peacock in Ghirlandaio's Ognissanti fresco and the cat
and peacock in his San Marco fresco.

LIST OF LAST SUPPERS to see

LIST OF LAST SUPPERS to see in ITALY: (images follow after list)


RAVENNA:
1 - Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, mosaic, 6th century.

ROME:
1 - Ancient Roman - CATACOMBS - Last Suppers, 4th century A.D.
Priscilla, Domitilla (2), one unknown.

2 - Sistine Chapel - Cosimo Rosselli - 1482-83

BADIA A PASSIGNANO (near Florence, on road to Siena)
1 - Ghirlandaio- 1473 - Last Supper, Monastery of Badia a Passignano
          
FLORENCE:
1 - Taddeo Gaddi, 1360 - Santa Croce monastery refectory, lowest part of a Tree of Jesse and Crucifixion with side scenes from saints' lives. Judas is on the opposite side of the table from Christ.

2 - Orcagna, 1370 - damaged Last supper (only two apostles left), Refectory of Santo Spirito.
          
3 - Fra Angelico -1445-1452 -  3 Last Suppers (2 are really the subject Institution of the Eucharist),
     1 in cell 35 in monastery of San Marco, 2 on the panel in Museo di San Marco.

4 - Castagno, 1447 - Sant'Apollonia, refectory of the convent.

5 - Ghirlandaio -  1480 - Ognissanti refectory, Ognissanti
                             1482-  San Marco refectory

6-  Perugino -1494 - Last Supper for refectory of convent of Fuligno, Florence.

7 - Franciabigio, 1514, Last Supper for Convitto della Calza (convent refectory.)

8 - Andrea del Sarto -1519-27 - San Salvi refectory, just outside Renaissance walls of Florence.
     
9 - Francesco Allori, Last Supper, refectory, Chiesa del Carmine, 1582.

MILANO:

1 - LEONARDO DA VINCI, Last Supper, 1497-99 - Refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
     most famous Last Supper

VENICE:
1) Last Supper, mosaic, Basilica di San Marco, 13th century.
2) Last Supper, 1573, (renamed Supper in the House of Levi by the Inquisition) - by Veronese, for the Church of San Giovanni e Paolo originally, now in the Accademia.
3-11)  Last Suppers by Tintoretto - many churches in Venice have Last Suppers by Tintoretto.
Most famous by Tintoretto - in the choir space of the church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Isola di
San Giorgio Maggiore, 1594, to the right of the altar.



IMAGES of THESE LAST SUPPERS:

RAVENNA:
1 - Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, mosaic, 6th century.

ROME:
1 - Ancient Roman - CATACOMBS - Last Suppers, 4th century A.D.
Priscilla

 Domitilla (2),

two unknown

These are not Last Supper scenes per se (not enough people, seven or nine,) rather feasts after death for the dead in the catacombs, although the catacombs are Christian, but they probably have an influence on the later mosaic image of the Last Supper in Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna (see above) where we find 12 apostles in the Last Supper and they recline on Roman banquet couches.

2 - Sistine Chapel - Cosimo Rosselli - 1482-83

BADIA A PASSIGNANO (near Florence, on road to Siena)
1 - Ghirlandaio- 1473 - Last Supper, Monastery of Badia a Passignano

          
FLORENCE:

1 - Taddeo Gaddi, 1360 - Santa Croce monastery refectory, lowest part of a Tree of Jesse with side scenes from Christ's life. Judas is on the opposite side of the table from Christ.

2 - Orcagna, 1370 - damaged Last supper (only two apostles left), Refectory of Santo Spirito.

          
3 - Fra Angelico -1445-1452 -  3 Last Suppers (2 are really the subject Institution of the Eucharist),
     1 in cell 35 in monastery of San Marco, 2 on the church calendar panel in Museo di San Marco.

 Cell 35 - Last Supper with Mary, Christ's mother, kneeling.



4 - Castagno, 1447 - Sant'Apollonia, refectory of the convent.

 5 - Ghirlandaio -  1480 - Ognissanti refectory, Ognissanti

                             1482-  San Marco refectory


6-  Perugino -1494 - Last Supper for refectory of convent of Fuligno, Florence.

7 - Franciabigio, 1514, Last Supper for Convitto della Calza (convent refectory.)

8 - Andrea del Sarto -1519-27 - San Salvi refectory, just outside Renaissance walls of Florence.

     
9 - Francesco Allori, Last Supper, refectory, Chiesa del Carmine, 1582.

MILANO:

1 - LEONARDO DA VINCI, Last Supper, 1497-99 - Refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
     most famous Last Supper

VENICE:
1) Last Supper, mosaic, Basilica di San Marco, 13th century.

2) Last Supper, 1573, (renamed Supper in the House of Levi by the Inquisition) - by Veronese, for the Church of San Giovanni e Paolo originally, now in the Accademia.

3-11)  Last Suppers by Tintoretto - many churches in Venice have Last Suppers by Tintoretto.
Most famous by Tintoretto - in the choir space of the church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Isola di
San Giorgio Maggiore, 1594, to the right of the altar.