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Left: Infrared image of Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto
Right: X-ray image of Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto
Department of Conservation, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Department of Conservation, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London

1 posted on 02/12/2025 11:26:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Looks like a creepy skull with square eye sockets in the top right portion of the x-rayed canvas.


4 posted on 02/12/2025 11:51:22 PM PST by Greg123456
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To: SunkenCiv

VEry cool discovery. I have often painted over a previous painting simply beczuse materials are expensive and time consuming to make znd prep. I usually sand down the paint layer a bit first though but it doesn’t ob,iterate the painting altogether


5 posted on 02/13/2025 12:17:34 AM PST by Bob434 (NO MY BATTERIES ARE NOT IN ANOTHER ROOM LOL)
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To: SunkenCiv

BOGO special?


7 posted on 02/13/2025 1:18:16 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: SunkenCiv

12 posted on 02/13/2025 9:30:21 AM PST by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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