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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