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Isabella de’ Medici by Bronzino (www.openculture.com)

submitted 11 months ago by flumph to c/[email protected]

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Isabella had been waiting a long time for such tender attention, concealed beneath a 19th-century overpainting depicting a daintier featured woman reputed to be Eleanor of Toledo, wife of Cosimo I de’ Medici, the second Duke of Florence.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

For those who dont know, the ‘cleaned’ painting on the right looks so different because they not only removed varnish — but also old victorian paint that was painted over the original painting

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