Da Vinci's Code
Professor Christopher Witcombe, Art History
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Leonardo's Life, Art, and Writings
Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper, 1498
Mixed technique, 460 x 880 cm
Refectory, Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
See also the Image of John (or Mary Magdalen?) before, during, and after the recent restorations of the painting, reproduced in Leonardo, Last Supper (2001) by Pinin Brambilla Barcilon and Pietro C. Marani
Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper, 1498
in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
The refectory was badly damaged during World War II by Allied bombs. Leonardo's painting barely survived behind a protective bulwark of scaffolding and sandbags. The following photograph shows the refectory before the war.
Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper, 1498
pre-WWII photograph of the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
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