# @gettymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CJrxfeLHOa7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34229597-gettymuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/2ba9ae72fd.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-01-06T00:47:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

When an art conservator looks at this painting, what do they see?

Art conservators often spend hours looking at a picture both with their naked eye and with the help of different imaging technologies.

Swipe to see a microscopic detail of part of the Virgin Mary's blue robe.

You can see a red paint layer beneath the blue. Layering red under blue was a method sometimes used by Italian painters at the time to add a subtle warmth.

What else have our conservators learned about this painting? Read more at the #linkinbio.
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🏷: #artconservation #bronzino #paintings #gettymuseum

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gettymuseum, artconservation, bronzino, linkinbio, paintings

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