Imaging the paintings under the paintings of the Old Masters
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 21:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Gaze upon Rembrandt's "The Night Watch," "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee," or one of the great Dutch master's famous self-portraits. Scientists have taken art appreciation a step further and have now developed a technique to see the paintings under the paintings of Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Rubens, and other 17th Century Old Master painters.