As recently reported by ArtNews, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, The Last Supper (1495-1498), one of the world’s most famous paintings, will be protected by an “advanced air filtration system” backed by Eataly that is expected to extend the life of the work for 500 years beginning in 2019.

“To save this important piece of Italian heritage, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism designed an air-filtration system in collaboration with top Italian research institutes (ISCR, CNR, Polytechnic Institute of Milan, and the University of Milano Bicocca).  The cutting-edge system will filter in approximately 10,000 cubic meters of clean air into the convent every day (compared to the current 3,500 cubic meters), breathing five centuries of life into The Last Supper and allowing many more visitors to admire it.”

The impetus behind the move to save The Last Supper is that the famed work is deteriorating quickly, primarily due to the “factors of time, humidity, wartime bombs, and the fact that it was once housed in a prison.”  Without taking any action to save this significant work, the masterpiece may “one day be destroyed beyond repair.”

Thanks to Eataly’s efforts to save one of the world’s greatest masterpieces, no longer will The Last Supper “disappear more each day and with each visitor’s microscopic dust.”

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