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Infra-red photography, which will pierce a layer of pigment, showed a different inscription underneath: "vjtorjs carpattjj venettj opus (Work of Vittore Carpaccio of Venice)." Using solvents which would not harm the original painting surface, a technician removed the varnishes. The forged signature came off too, but Carpaccio's remained almost illegible. The reason: Carpaccio had apparently painted it out himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: 16th Century Fraud | 8/27/1945 | See Source »

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