"The idea of Copying is not about your own interpretation and improvisation of another artist's work, what we quite often witness today in the museums. The idea of Copying is to study the copied master's approach, methods and technique, in which the work was executed, in order to apply that knowledge later in your own paintings. As a result of these studies the Copy should look identical to the Original."
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Original in the Museum)
This Copy was completed in the Museum next to the Original. Upon the completion and before it was taken out of the Museum the back of the canvas was stamped by the Museum officials, to certify, that it was an identical copy
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This is how the painting looked half way through its completion."Grisaille" (monochrome painting) was achieved by using two colors: Flake White and Raw Umber. The purpose of this method was to master the perfect tonal values before the transparent glaze colors were applied. That was also done in order to create the luminosity effect of the light "coming from within" in the light areas.
Museum Master Copies
