The year long restoration of his 1663-1664 Woman in Blue Reading a Letter revealed clues to his style and techniques.
Restorers REMOVED the pearls that were added in the 1920s. They noticed portions of the painting that were painted over and found a copper-green undercoat that added to the intensity of the BLUE pigment used.
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