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3D Examination of the Mona Lisa

Photographs and Images of the Project – Figure 9

Figure 9: A synthetic shaded image of the painting with the color removed enables the three-dimensional surface relief features of the Mona Lisa to be examined in greater detail.

This image shows that much of the surface relief on the painting is due to the wood grain structure – only a faint outline of the thinly painted composition is visible. In addition, the 11 cm vertical split in the panel above the head is visible, as are areas of previous restorations on the left and right elbows.

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