Did you notice it's not evening in Da Vinci's Last Supper?

One Sunday, as da Vinci was at the cathedral for mass, he saw a young man in the choir who looked like da Vinci's idea of how Jesus must have looked. ... Origins: We know so little about the circumstances surrounding da Vinci's creation of “The Last Supper” that an account offering this much detail is immediately suspect. read more

At certain times of the year you can have full daylight up to as late as 7: 30 in the evening. read more

Although The Last Supper is easily one of the world’s most iconic paintings, its permanent home is a convent in Milan, Italy. And moving it would be tricky, to say the least. Da Vinci painted the religious work directly (and fittingly) on the dining hall wall of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie back in 1495. read more

10 Facts You Might not Know about the Masterpiece. 1. "Last Supper" is a failed experiment. Unlike traditional frescoes, which Renaissance masters painted on wet plaster walls, da Vinci experimented with tempura paint on a dry, sealed plaster wall in the Santa Maria delle Grazie monastery in Milan, Italy. read more