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Can you imagine finding objects concealed beneath the layers of paint? That’s what happened to us in Balthus’s picture, a canvas full of mysteries. Here we show you the hat hidden beneath the paint film, which the artist initially depicted lying on the rounded sofa and decided not to include in the final composition.
X-radiography enabled us to learn about the changes the painter made during the execution process.
Did you know that Rubens used a knife in this work?
Rubens used this tool to apply a layer of white paint beneath the figures' skin to enhance their luminosity and volume.
Rubens succeeds in conveying the delicacy with which Venus presses the middle finger of her hand against her breast with just a few small brushstrokes.
The deterioration of the varnish on the painting Venus and Cupid made it difficult to properly appreciate its hues and dulled the luminosity that Rubens had intended it to have.