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10. Floating head maybe pentimento of the serving boy

Sun Mar 7, 2021, 11:39 PM

Mar 2021

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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

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Great, and the COLOR, too! elleng Mar 2021 #1

I wonder what the floating head on the left is soothsayer Mar 2021 #2

Thank you. That was about the first thing I noticed. niyad Mar 2021 #3

John the Baptist's ghostly head? soothsayer Mar 2021 #4

One does wonder. niyad Mar 2021 #5

Wall mural ? left-of-center2012 Mar 2021 #7

Perhaps the reason it's unsigned? 2naSalit Mar 2021 #8

Look at the clothes of the two figures at the ends of the table. tikka Mar 2021 #9

Floating head maybe pentimento of the serving boy soothsayer Mar 2021 #10