Originally Posted by flstf

My wife and I visited Milan years ago and saw the painting. It was/is in really bad shape. He tried something new, painting directly on wet plaster or something and it flakes off easily.

I remember when we visited, the little church it is in is out of the way and somewhat plain. We just walked in and went right up to the painting where they had a couple of restorers working on scaffolds. I thought they should have had it well guarded or something.