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A number of incredible methods were used to analyze “Portrait of a Young woman” not long after it came into possession of the New York University’s conservators. The artwork was analyzed using a method called infrared reflectography. Beyond this machine, X-rays were employed and the surface was observed using electron microscopy. While they were busy, incredible new details surfaced within the painting that was once thought to have been made by Rembrandt. What had they learned this time?
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