Soldier with Shield

The x-ray image revealed that the two figures flanking the composition experienced a considerable number of changes, especially throughout the drapery. The bulky and awkward proportions of the soldier's head and arm suggests that a painter or apprentice with less experience may have worked in this area. It was not uncommon for the edges of large format paintings to remain unfinished for a period of time, eventually being completed and/or adjusted by the original painter or a different artist at a later date. Here the entire figure was enlarged as the original position of the arm and shoulder can be seen in the x-ray. Cross-sectional analysis also revealed that the soldier was originally depicted wearing an elaborate metal tunic (lorica segmentata) instead of a yellow fabric tunic.

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Date: 2014-09-18

Public Outreach

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Date: 2014-09-26

Live Feed

During the 3 day X-ray session, the team posted announcements on social media, inviting followers to tune into the live-feed featured on the project's blog (Pictured Here: Project Leader Kristin deGhetaldi, project intern Keara Teeter, and project volunteer Sarah Steffan)

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Date: 2014-09-26

MainLine Media Article

MainLine Media News features the x-radiography session and the team's discoveries:<br/><a href="http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2014/09/30/main_line_times/news/doc542993678ae64125697732.txt" target="_blank">Click here for the article</a>

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Date: 2014-09-26

Status

Continued to apply fills and tone losses throughout upper section.

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Date: 2014-10-01

January 2014

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September 2014

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Date: 2014-10-03

2014-09 IMAGE

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Date: 2014-10-03

October 2014

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2014-10 IMAGE

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Date: 2014-10-05

Filling/Toning in Upper Section

The team continued to apply fills to areas of loss and tone fills using red-brown gouache paints

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Date: 2014-10-07

Soldier

The team continued to apply fills to areas of loss and tone fills using red-brown gouache paints

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Date: 2014-10-07

Before

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Before IMAGE

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Ladies

The team continued to apply fills to areas of loss and tone fills using red-brown gouache paints

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Date: 2014-10-07

Before

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Goliath

The team continued to apply fills to areas of loss and tone fills using red-brown gouache paints

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Date: 2014-10-07

Before

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Before IMAGE

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Date: 2014-10-07