Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Last Supper
Image View:
Detail, Apostles react to the words of Jesus
Creator:
Alessandro Allori (Italian painter, 1535-1607)
Location:
repository: Santa Maria del Carmine (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza del Carmine
GPS:
43.767722 11.243575
Date:
1582 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects:
New Testament; Apostles; Carmelites; Jesus Christ
Description:
The convent of the church suffered in its history from numerous disasters, from the 1771 fire to the 1966 River Arno flood. The Last Supper (Cenacolo) by Allori is high on the wall of the refectory and has been spared. Allori includes two small painted windows with Tuscan landscapes at top. At the bottom are a self-portrait of the artist and a portrait of the the commissioner, who was a 'Father Luke', from Venice. Like Ghirlandaio, Allori includes cats in his Last Supper as a symbol of the influence of evil. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-ALLORI-CSMC-A08
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Last Supper