The Upperpainting (c.1)

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The work was finished by painting the hair, and all the rest of the image.

Here the girl’s dress has got a blue glaze.
We’ll see that the red draperies are painted differently.

More and more frequently indeed,
the artists began to add final oil glazes on the draperies,
what gave them a deeper shade.

Click on thumbnail above if you want to better see the picture
with and without glaze.

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