recurrent theme in Florentine Renaissance fresco painting is the Last Supper
The Last Supper seemed a singularly appropriate choice of subject for decorating the large convent refectories, especially in Florence, because it offered monastic communities an ideal theme for meditation and prayer when they gathered together at mealtimes.

A recurrent theme in Florentine Renaissance fresco painting is the Last Supper
The Last Supper seemed a singularly appropriate choice of subject for decorating the large convent refectories, especially in Florence, because it offered monastic communities an ideal theme for meditation and prayer when they gathered together at mealtimes. Throughout the 14th century the scene of the Last Supper was included in the large-scale fresco cycles illustrating the Life and Passion of Christ. In the 15th century, with the development of notions of perspective, an entire wall began to be given over to the subject, and it became an independent scene in its own right. Following the 19th-century suppressions of monastic orders, the cenacles (refectories decorated with a representation of the Last Supper) ceased to be part of closed orders and became important artistic monuments that are now open to the public.

Cenacolo di S. Croce. Last Supper by Taddeo Gaddi (c. 1340) and, above, the Tree of the Cross and other scenes, fresco. Once attributed to Giotto, it is perhaps the first great depiction of the Last Supper in Florence.
Florence, Museo dell’Opera di S.Croce. Large hall of the former 14th-century refectory.

Cenacolo di Santo Spirito. Fragment of a Last Supper (beneath the Crucifixion) by Andrea Orcagna (c. 1370), fresco.
Florence, former refectory of S. Spirito, Fondazione Romano.

Cenacolo di Santa Apollonia. The frescoed Last Supper (before 1450), above which there are depictions of the Crucifixion, Deposition and Resurrection, is one of Andrea Del Castagno's masterpieces.
Florence, Museo del Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia, via XXVII Aprile, 1, former refectory of the Convent of S. Apollonia.

Cenacolo della Badia di Passignano (temporarily closed). The first of the great depictions of the Last Supper produced by Domenico Ghirlandaio (1476), this fresco painting is on the wall of the monastery's refectory.
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Badia di Passignano.

Cenacolo di Ognissanti. On the end wall of the large refectory in the Convent of Ognissanti is a frescoed Last Supper by Domenico Ghirlandaio (1480). The sinopia of the fresco is also visible.
Florence, Cenacolo del Ghirlandaio, Borgognissanti, 42.

Cenacolo di San Marco. Decorating the wall of the small refectory of the Dominican convent of San Marco is a fresco of the Last Supper (c.1482) by Domenico Ghirlandaio.
Florence, Museo di San Marco, piazza San Marco, 1.

Cenacolo della Calza. The convent where Franciabigio frescoed the entire end wall with the Last Supper (1514) was originally known as S. Giovanni alla Porta di San Pier Gattolino. Its current name derives from the hood of the mantle worn by the Ingesuati monks.
Florence, Convento della Calza, piazza della Calza, 6.

Cenacolo di San Salvi. In the ancient refectory of the Vallombrosan abbey on the outskirts of Florence, Andrea del Sarto produced a naturalistic fresco of the Last Supper. Begun in 1519 and completed in 1527, it is his most spectacular masterpiece and one of the most beautiful paintings ever produced.
Florence, Cenacolo di Andrea del Sarto, via San Salvi, 16.

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