If you find yourself in Milan, Italy, make sure you plan a visit to see The Last Supper at the Santa Maria delle Grazie. According to the Milan Museum, “Leonardo’s Last Supper is located in its original place, on the wall of the dining room of the former Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie.” While Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous creation is painted directly on the wall of the church, it actually belongs to the state as a part of the National Museum, per Sightseeing Tours Italy; tickets to view the painting are available to the public.
Da Vinci painted The Last Supper in 1498, experimenting with a new style that involved “applying tempera paint and mixed media directly to the stone wall,” via Lasalle University. Unfortunately, the materials weren’t the best quality, and the paint began to deteriorate shortly after it was created. The last restoration of The Last Supper was in 1999 by artist Pinin Brambilla. According to BBC, the restoration took 20 years and millions of dollars, as Brambilla and her team had to remove layers of paint, clean, and enhance the painting while maintaining its recognizable style. It has to be kept at a special temperature to prevent further distortion; Sightseeing Tours Italy informs visitors that they’ll be asked to wait and “dehumidify” in a separate room before seeing the painting, and only 25 visitors at a time are allowed in to witness Da Vinci’s mesmerizing painting.
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