Oldest Known 'Last Supper' Painted By A Woman On Public View After 450 Years
Plautilla Nelli's 23-by-6½-foot depiction of Jesus and his disciples was painted for her sisters at a convent in Florence in 1568. When that convent was shuttered by Napoleon's forces in 1808, the canvas was moved to a nearby monastery, where it was hanging in a (very) humble refectory when it was discovered by an art […]