The Co-cathedral of SS. Marziale and Alberto in Colle Val d'Elsa

Final episodes of Jesus' life

  • Other paintings are devoted to the final moments of Christ’s life. The Last Supper is shown in the chapel of the Holy Sacrament, commissioned by the Usimbardi family in the early decades of the seventeenth century. The painting, made in 1636 by the Florentine painter Ottavio Vannini, shows Jesus who, by blessing the bread, instituted the Holy Eucharist. The artist borrows from Caravaggio the . . .