The subject the last supper was a strong tradition in Florence, although perhaps the most famous last supper is in Milan, painted by Leonardo who was from Florence. We aren’t going to Leonardo’s Cenacolo but here is what I saw (or not) in Florence:

1 – Taddeo Gaddi, 1360 – Santa Croce monastery refectory has a fresco with the 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. This is considered the start of the Last Supper as a traditional painting subject in Florence.

(Didn’t take a photo)

2 – Orcagna, 1370 – damaged Last Supper (only two apostles left), Refectory of Santo Spirito

3 – Mariotto di Nardo – 1385-1405 – Officina di Santa Maria Novella (pharmacy) chapel, which was part of the Dominican Santa Maria Novella complex. This has an unusual shape and the table is round, not rectangular.

4 – 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. Notice the haloes, in the second photo, some look like plates in front of the apostles’ faces. And which one is Judas as they all seem to have a halo?

5 – Castagno, 1447 – Sant’Apollonia, refectory of the convent.

6 – Ghirlandaio – 1480 – Ognissanti refectory, Ognissanti

Tried twice to see this bit it was open when it was supposed to be.

7 – Ghirlandaio – 1482- San Marco refectory

8 – Perugino -1494 – Last Supper for the refectory of the convent of Fuligno.

9 – Franciabigio, 1514, Last Supper for Convento della Calza (convent refectory), now a hotel and spa in Florence. (He obviously saw or knew about Leonardo’s Last Supper.)

10 – Andrea del Sarto -1519-27 – San Salvi refectory, just outside Renaissance walls of Florence. See my earlier post https://wp.me/pDiy2-5vp.

11 – Giorgio Vasari, Santa Croce, 1546

12 – Plautilla Nelli 1550s – Santa Maria Novella

13 – Alessandro Allori, Last Supper, refectory, Chiesa del Carmine, 1582. (Did not go to this part of the church)

14 – Alessandro Allori, Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, painted between 1584-1597. (Did not take a photo of this one.)

15 – Bernardo Poccetti, early 1600s, Santo Spirito, nuovo refetorio