Episode 2 | The Guards Beneath the Surface
Two guards are visible in the painting. But technical imaging suggests that they did not always look the way they do today.
In Episode 2 of The Painting Beneath the Painting, we examine the guards and the changes discovered beneath the visible paint surface.
Infrared examination reveals an earlier helmet and differences in positioning, providing evidence that parts of the composition changed during the painting process.
What can these hidden changes tell us about how the composition developed?
One painting. Many questions. Follow the evidence.
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