EL GRECO From Italy to Toledo

X-RAY IMAGE

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This X-ray allows us to contemplate a very elaborate work. Even so, we can see that the painter make slight changes to the garments of the two central figures, the drape and the geometric pattern on the floor. He also covered the background in the central area, where we can make out a scene with houses and trees, perhaps believing that it might distract the viewer and detract from the importance of the primary scene.
With regard to the painting’s condition, the X-ray reveals isolated losses on the paint layer but no major damage except around the edges, where the stress on the canvas is always highest and paint is often lost as a result of friction against the frame.