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'copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper'
by twelvechairs 6y ago
'copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper'
- muterad_murilax 6y agoYeah, thanks. I wondered what had happened to the doorway below Jesus. :)
- laichzeit0 6y ago"In 1652, a doorway was cut through the (then unrecognisable) painting, and later bricked up" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_(Leonardo)
- sytelus 6y agoThis version is oil paint on canvas, whereas Leonardo’s version was painted in tempera and oil on a dry wall – an unusual use of materials – so has flaked and deteriorated badly. It probably didn’t help that Napoleon used the original Last Supper’s room as a stable during his invasion of Milan. This painting is thought to have been painted by Giampietrino and possibly Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio – both pupils of Leonardo. It’s believed to be the most accurate record of the original, and has been used to help with its conservation. In this copy you can see details now not visible in the original, such as this overturned salt-cellar next to Judas’s right arm. Spilled salt was commonly considered a bad omen in 16th-century western Europe. You can also see Jesus’s feet, which were lost in the original when a door was built into the wall that the work is painted on.