Tintoretto's paintings for the Banco del Sacramento in S. Margherita.

'Study of T's paintings for the Venetian parish church of S. Margherita (Last Supper, Christ washing the Feet of the Apostles, and Agony in the Garden, now in S. Stefano, Venice) which were designed to go in an aisle above the banco (bench or desk) of a Confraternity of the Sacrament, as were his paintings of the Last Supper in S. Marcuola, S. Simeon Grande, and S. Polo. Examines the physical and conceptual considerations attending a painting made for a banco, as well as the problem of designing a large composition for a narrow aisle. The rule books (mariegole) of the confraternities have furnished essential information, including previously unknown dates for two of the projects' (BHA).