Note on verso of the photograph: Milano, kyrkan S. Maria delle Grazie. Kloster-refektoriet år helt raserat, men bakom dn skydolande, brådfodrade muren återfanns Lionardos Nattvardspesk oskadad.
Photograph taken or collected on behalf of Allied Military Government, Division of Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFA&A).
The night of 15 August 1943 the church and the convent were bombed; most of the refectory was destroyed but the wall holding the Ultima cena by Leonardo, which had been covered for protection, survived.
Forms part of: Ward-Perkins Collection. Photographs. War Damage Series.