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Raphael discovery emerges from Vatican museum restoration

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by doodlebugging

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Probably just an editing error but I find it interesting that, according to the text of the article, they were finished with the restoration before they ever started.
>The restoration of the Hall of Constantine began in March 2025 and was completed in December 2024.
Someone probably fat-fingered a number in one or more of those dates or swapped them.

by alpineman

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The artwork was already there, so not sure 'discovered' is the right word. Does it make a difference now we know it was painted by Raphael himself?
It will make a difference, of course. But should it?

by fumeux_fume

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The Last Supper was also a fresco painted with oils, IIRC. The painting quickly devolved and needed constant restoration.

by ludicrousdispla

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Interesting to see a dinosaur in one of the paintings.

by padjo

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by ZiiS

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Three highly trained assistents to one of to he greatest artists who over lived, credited with contributing to major masterworks couldn't learn oilpainting? A common evening class subjest, nearly universally considered much easier then painting fresco.