A 16th-century painting by Renaissance artist Giorgio Vasari that was badly damaged in a 1966 flood in Florence was unveiled to the public Friday after years of painstaking restoration. Vasari created The Last Supper for a convent of cloistered nuns. The work depicts the scene from the Bible in which Jesus Christ shares his final meal with his apostles. A crowd takes in the restored painting at the Santa Croce Basilica in Florence on Friday. A contemporary of Michelangelo, Vasari was a painter, architect and writer famous for a history he penned of the great Renaissance artists of Italy.

Source: CBC News November 04, 2016 19:02 UTC