Art in the making
- About the tour
- A Muse (Calliope?)
- Bacchus and Ariadne
- The Entombment
- The Fighting Temeraire
A Muse (Calliope?)
Jill Dunkerton from the Conservation Department shares the history of A Muse (Calliope?) by Cosimo Tura.
X-rays and infrared reflectograms have revealed that this 15th-century painting was originally started by another artist. Discover how the young Tura took it over and made it very much his own.
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