Dust and grime coat the oil painting, an early 20th century copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper. The painting, which is 5 feet 10 inches by 11 feet, has been in storage at Wesleyan College for years to prevent further damage. The Last Supper is the most expensive painting to be restored at Wesleyan since 2002, when the college started its Adopt-a-Painting program that allows donors to restore a painting of their choice. Wesleyan’s copy of The Last Supper was painted by an Italian artist in 1929 at the request of Wesleyan donor Samuel Candler Dobbs of Atlanta. Dobbs and his daughter saw the original masterpiece in Italy, and he thought Wesleyan should have a copy, according to the August 1950 Bulletin of Wesleyan College. The restored painting is planned to hang in a future chapel to be built on Wesleyan’s campus, said Susan Welsh, director of communications at the college. read more

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