Curator’s inspection

Move across the painting — or drag on touch — to study brushwork and craquelure through the curator’s loupe.
David
Five metres of marble poised before the stone is thrown — the Republic of Florence in a single body.
Carved from a block abandoned by two earlier sculptors.
Originally placed outside the Palazzo Vecchio as a civic emblem of liberty.
Source: Wikimedia Commons. Public domain work; reproduction licence as listed at source.

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