I overthought the Final Jeopardy art question in today's NY Times...

[CTyankee]

I won't violate the spoiler alert rules here, but I guess having the NYT publish the question each morning is tempting.

Being an art person, I made a reach I should not have made. It had to do with a famous work of art damaged in a move. I had several ideas dancing around in my head, all wrong.

The lesson here: don't be so sure in what you think you know.

The question will be on here tonight so I won't say more.

[Brother Buzz]

1. 1652 was a good clue. I would have guessed the artist correctly, but not the artwork

[CTyankee]

2. Yeah, 1652. That takes in a helluva lot of art: all of the Renaissance, Mannerist and Baroque

period. And it's a "work of art" which takes in a lot of art media.

Think of the second clue about the feet of Jesus and you pretty much have it.

I THINK. I could be wrong again so stay tuned tonight.

[PennyK]

3. Where is it?

I had no idea, and I would LOVE to be able to access it!

[CTyankee]

4. St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome.

IF it is the work of art I think it is...we'll find out tonight on Jeopardy.

[PennyK]

5. No -- where on NYTimes do I find this?

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I searched and couldn't find where the Jeopardy stuff was at all!
never mind, I found it.

[CTyankee]

6. It is in the Arts section M-F.

Here is the question:

This famous work of art was damaged in 1652 when a door was cut into a wall, removing Jesus' feet.

[CTyankee]

7. Dang! I was wrong. I thought for sure it was Michelangelo's Pieta...no, it was

the Last Supper. See https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/25/the-last-supper-eataly-conservation-project-art-restoration/

Hmm.