In 1732 the Veronese scholar Scipione Maffei recorded that a few years earlier a decision was taken "to unpick the canvas of the large painting by Paolo [Veronese], which was then badly restored", though he does not state why this happened or what happened to the work afterwards, despite calling the decision "a heinous crime" After the Veronese Easter it and "Saint Barnabas Healing the Sick" were both seized from the church by the French occupiers on 18 May and folded up for transport, arriving in Paris on 6 August.