The Last Supper was also a fresco painted with oils, IIRC. The painting quickly devolved and needed constant restoration.
doodlebugging · 1h ago
Probably just an editing error but I find it interesting that, according to the text of the article, they were finished with the restoration before they ever started.
>The restoration of the Hall of Constantine began in March 2025 and was completed in December 2024.
Someone probably fat-fingered a number in one or more of those dates or swapped them.
edm0nd · 1h ago
or the most likely scenario, the pope has a time machine == confirmed.
labster · 50m ago
It was already pretty likely, considering Pope Formosus was put on trial months after his death, and he was in attendance.
alpineman · 7h ago
The artwork was already there, so not sure 'discovered' is the right word. Does it make a difference now we know it was painted by Raphael himself?
It will make a difference, of course. But should it?
mensetmanusman · 6h ago
People decide what should matter. Thats why there are pop star worship museums where mass-produced guitars and shoes that were worn are on display.
ludicrousdispla · 5h ago
Probably not, considering that many (possibly most) of the well known modern and contemporary painters have other people put the paint on the canvas for them.
throwpoaster · 6h ago
Would you wear Jeffrey Dahmer's sweater?
ectospheno · 2h ago
Hitler loved dogs. Should I get rid of mine?
ludicrousdispla · 5h ago
Interesting to see a dinosaur in one of the paintings.
Cthulhu_ · 4h ago
Do you mean the dragon in the background? Fwiw dinosaur fossils have been found for thousands of years already, with theories being that the Cyclops was based on mammoth skulls and griffins on triceratops fossils.
bovinegambler · 2h ago
The mammoth-cyclops/griffin-triceratops connection sounded really cool, so I did some quick searches. For what it's worth, it seems that this is a pop theory but not based in evidence.
ZiiS · 10h ago
Three highly trained assistents to one of to he greatest artists who over lived, credited with contributing to major masterworks couldn't learn oilpainting? A common evening class subjest, nearly universally considered much easier then painting fresco.
>The restoration of the Hall of Constantine began in March 2025 and was completed in December 2024.
Someone probably fat-fingered a number in one or more of those dates or swapped them.
It will make a difference, of course. But should it?