Some critics have dubbed it “The Lost Supper.” They say that efforts to restore one of the most recognized paintings in Western civilization have gone disastrously awry. Others defend i… ...

The Scientific Restoration Era Begins. In the 20th century, a shift toward scientific conservation began. Experts recognized that The Last Supper required careful analysis before further work ...

The Last Supper began flaking a mere 20 years after da Vinci completed it. And after the Renaissance period passed, subsequent occupants of the church treated the painting with disregard.

The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, ... Among the first to approve the restoration was the ancient Expertizer of Renaissance Art, Bernard Berenson, 89, ...

Behind the Restoration of Vasari’s ‘The Last Supper’ Once considered impossible to restore, Giorgio Vasari’s 16th-century masterpiece is standing erect once again after a painstaking ...

Archaeologists discovered inscriptions on the Cenacle, where the Last Supper is said to have occurred. Heritage Conservation Jerusalem. A drawing of a scorpion was also found — presumably when ...