CenacoloIn the refectory of the church of Saint Maria of the Graces, in the ancient place of the Court of the 1400 milan investigation, guarded one of the greatest masterpieces of art, the Cenacle or the last Supper of Leonardo da Vinci, painting among 1494 and 1497. This piece is the only one fresco of remained Leonardo. It represents the last Supper of Jesus Cristo, as written in the Bible, where Jesus announces that he will be betrayed by one of the disciples.
Appreciated all over the world the Cenacle it started to acquire an only reputation , ended to paint in 1497. The painting has been more times restored with a lot of attention beginning from the fifteenth century. The most recent restoration, subject to a lot of controversies, it lasted around twenty years. The restorations effected unprecedented it allows the full maintenance. The interventions on the Cenacle don't alter the hand of Leonardo, preserving life of the painting to appreciate and to also see to the future generations.
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The last Supper or Cenacle Vinciano, is described in all the four Gospel of the apostles
Matteo (26:17-29) Marco (14:12-25) Luca (22:7-23) and Giovanni (13:1-30), it is an illustrated representation
and ideal of the most important event in the Christian doctrine of the salvation - the institution of the Eucharist.
Painted by many famous artists in every century, there are innumerable copies and reproductions of this painting
in houses, places of the adoration and museums all over the world.
But what dominates our imagination is certainly
the fresco of Leonardo Da Vinci it painted in oil and temper on plaster,
this masterpiece in the expressive idea of Leonardo.