By 1556—fewer than sixty years after it was finished—Leonardo's biographer Giorgio Vasari described the painting as already "ruined" and so deteriorated that the figures were unrecognizable.
Do 1556. godine (nepunih 60 godina nakon njezina nastanka), Leonardov biograf Giorgio Vasari je zabilježio kako je slika „uništena” i toliko propala da su figure neprepoznatljive.