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What subjects appeared in Tintoretto’s early ceiling paintings?

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Tintoretto: Last Supper — Tintoretto *Last Supper*, oil painting by Tintoretto, 1594; in the church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice. 3.5 × 5.6 metres.

Tintoretto’s early ceiling paintings consisted of a group of 14 octagonal works that featured mythological themes. These paintings, originally created for a Venetian palace, demonstrated the artist's early refinement in perspective and narrative clarity, while also reflecting the influence of partitioned ceiling painting styles imported to Venice by Giorgio Vasari.1