[joe8756438]

Projects like this are fascinating for reasons, I guess, unintentional to their creators.

Is what you can see at this level of detail helping anyone understand the painting?

Someone thinks so. So what do we now know?

[WindyMiller]

I think projects like this help you develop a felt understanding of the painting as a unique physical artifact that is not fully reproduced by prints or scans.

[MSFT_Edging]

I now know there are somewhat rectangular 1mm length fibers embedded in the paint of this work. A secret only art preservationists knew prior.