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Subject:Re: A photography?
Posted By: Lawrence Lewis Tue, Apr 24, 2018
Well, the likeness is indeed akin to a photograph, however, I think that is due to the skill of the painter, rather than any camera!
I'm an art restorer and have examined the painting very closely, even restoring some small areas. There is no photographic image under the pigment, just a normal foundation of gesso.
Shortly after restoration, the painting was shown to the public, hanging for several months as part of an exhibition of western style Chinese painting at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, home of one of North America's leading oriental collections.
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