3. The Mona Lisa virtually unveiled
The varnish on the Mona Lisa is highly degraded. It induces a significant yellowing of the painting as a whole, altering the perception of its original colors. Moreover, no analysis of the varnish's composition has been carried out. Sampling was obviously impossible, and the recently developed technique of non-destructive varnish identification by UV fluorescence emission
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