Cosimo Tura, 'An Allegorical Figure'

Jill Dunkerton from the Conservation Department shares the history of this painting. X-rays and infrared reflectograms have revealed that this 15th-century painting was originally started by another artist. The young Tura took over and made it very much his own.

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