Conservation-restoration of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper until 1498. The scene is understood to depict the Bible verse John 13:22, showing the reactions of the Twelve Disciples, at the Last Supper, in the moments following Jesus’s announcement that one among them will betray him. When he received the commission for "The Last Supper", Leonardo da Vinci had never worked on a piece of this great a size, fifteen feet high by almost twenty-nine feet wide. He also had very limited experience working in the technique known as fresco, mixing pigment into wet plaster to create a permanent bond. Traditionally, fresco painters put down many successive layers of
Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci (1939) "Leonardo da Vinci" was assigned to a special operation aimed at mounting raids on harbours on the eastern seaboard of the United States. To this end she was converted to carry a , and during the autumn engaged in trials with the new weapon. However, the operation was delayed due to the need for modifications to the CA craft and "Leonardo da Vinci" returned to action to the Atlantic. On 19 March 1943 "Leonardo da Vinci" torpedoed and sank the 7,628 ton British cargo ship in the South Atlantic. "Leonardo da Vinci" captured and took on board one survivor; two