Efforts To Preserve da Vinci Masterpiece
Italian art experts have decided on a method of preserving Leonard da Vinci’s famous picture, The Last Supper, which the immortal artist painted on the refectory wall of the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. This masterpiece was deteriorating again owing to its being exposed to damp in' the bomb-damaged church. Now the experts have decided to protect the picture by building round it a sort of air-tight room, the front wall of which will consist of a large pane of glass through which visitors will be able to see the picture with the aid of special reflectors. This glass wall will be about 20 feet from the painting. The temperature inside the glass-fronted room will be kept event. This, however, is considered only a temporary expedient. The experts believe the only means of preserving The Last Supper permanently is to remove the painting from the wall —an operation requiring great skill.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 59, 23 June 1948, Page 7
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