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Using macro
X-ray fluorescence analysis, Brookhaven scientists are looking under the surface layer of a
380-year-old Rembrandt painting. Below the Old Man in Military Costume, painted in 1630-31, another portrait was painted which was only faintly discernable with extant technologies. Art
historians wondered who was depicted under the repainted
picture. Now with the new technology,
they may be able to answer that question.
The question in my mind is why Ole Rem would hide another portrait under
some of his works. Apparently Van Gogh
used this technique as well. Without any
method to detect the hidden
layers in their day, what were they thinking?
Whoa!
ReplyDeleteThey had time machines for sure, and they wanted to be like, "Oh yeah future people who think they are all that with their Ipods and amazing gadgets, check out what we can do in the past, paint hidden portraits on our canvases! Take that!"
ReplyDeleteOr maybe they ran out of quality canvas and were like, "Screw it, This other person is paying way more for their portrait than the other dude, so... PAINTING over!"
lol.
I'm with you Nik. I think it was a canvas thing. The researchers are all wondering who; I'm wondering, why!
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