Description:
There are no lines at this former convent and no crowds. Few people even know to ring the bell at the nondescript door. What they're missing is an entire wall covered with the vibrant colors of Andrea del Castagno's masterful Last Supper (ca. 1450). Castagno used his paint to create the rich marble panels that checkerboard the trompe l'oeil walls and broke up the long white tablecloth with the dark figure of Judas the Betrayer, whose face is painted to resemble a satyr, an ancient symbol of evil.
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Awards:
Frommer's
- Recommended 2009
- Recommended 2010
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- tel: 055-238-8607
- fax: +39 055 238 8699
Address:
- Via XXVII Aprile 1
- Florence, FI 50129
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- Daily 8:30am-1:50pm
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