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[elleng]

1. Great, and the COLOR, too!

https://www.venetoinside.com/hidden-treasures/post/why-is-it-called-titian-red/

[soothsayer]

2. I wonder what the floating head on the left is

From an early draft?

[niyad]

3. Thank you. That was about the first thing I noticed.

[soothsayer]

4. John the Baptist's ghostly head?

Cuz it’s near that platter?

[niyad]

5. One does wonder.

[Hekate]

6. CTYankee, DU's art historian, might have a clue. I wonder, myself. nt

[left-of-center2012]

7. Wall mural ?

[2naSalit]

8. Perhaps the reason it's unsigned?

[tikka]

9. Look at the clothes of the two figures at the ends of the table.

It's interesting that the clothes are much more delineated. The others have softer folds. Perhaps it's in an effort to create depth or return the viewer's eye to the painting.

[soothsayer]

10. Floating head maybe pentimento of the serving boy

Snip

Pictured: a pentimento (a visible trace of an earlier painting) of the serving boy on the left can be seen behind the gold-robed apostle with Titian's face — the boy was later repainted to appear in the doorway instead

From the ever-reliable daily mail

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9311805/Art-Painting-Supper-parish-church-Herefordshire-lost-work-Titian.html