Our museums and galleries house fascinating collections, from living bugs to The Beatles, fine art to photography, the Titanic to ancient Egypt.
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Our museums and galleries house fascinating collections, from living bugs to The Beatles, fine art to photography, the Titanic to ancient Egypt.
Conservation departments
X-ray of a detail of the painting, showing St Bernardino and the architectural features behind him
In the x-radiograph the incisions can be seen clearly where they have filled up with x-ray dense paint and appear as strong white lines. The perspective lines were incised using a straight edge but most of the other incisions were made freehand - for example San Bernardino’s halo and the curves of the apse vaulting.
