Tintoretto's The Last Supper
1592–1594 · Work
For San Giorgio Maggiore, Tintoretto sets the Last Supper on a steep diagonal in a dark tavern lit by Christ's halo and swarming with ghostly angels — painted in the last years of his life.
On these timelines: Painting & Sculpture, Renaissance, Arts and Thoughts, Master, Italy (post-476 CE)
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