Da Vinci painted the fresco between 1496 and 1498 to represent ... "His work of art represents the Last Supper as told in the Gospel of John 13:21, when Jesus announces that one of his twelve ...

invented special tempera pigments for the fresco, and they proved to be less durable than those then commonly in use. Even in Da Vinci’s own lifetime the Last Supper had begun to fade ...

One of them, a researcher, is convinced that da Vinci even predicted the apocalypse and that the keys to uncovering the date of this event are hidden in his fresco "The Last Supper". In 2010 ...

Other famous Italian frescoes include Michelangelo's decoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, inside the Vatican, and Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper, painted on the wall of the Santa Maria ...

In this thrillerlike quest a National Geographic bestselling author and historian goes in search of a mysterious second version of the famous Last Supper fresco reportedly painted by Leonardo da ...

Leonardo da Vinci's the "Last Supper" is visited by over 460,000 tourists each year, making it one of the top 10 most visited ...