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| Plautilla Nelli | The Last Supper, 1570 (detail) | Museo di Santa Maria Novella, Florence |
Sister Plautilla Nelli was a self-taught nun-artist and the first-known female Renaissance painter of Florence.
She was a nun of the Dominican convent of St. Catherine of Siena located in Piazza San Marco, Florence, and was heavily influenced by the teachings of Savonarola and by the artwork of Fra Bartolomeo.
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