X-radiograph(s) of "Soldiers Camp" 

Curator: Well, this is an X-radiograph of "Soldiers Camp," originally by Philips Wouwerman. The film itself measures about 17 by 8 cm. It's fascinating, isn't it? Editor: Haunting, almost. Like peering into a ghost story. You see the faintest traces of what was, or perhaps, what hides beneath. Curator: Exactly! Radiography reveals the underlayers, the artist's process. It's like archaeological digging within a painting. The hidden brushstrokes, the corrections... Editor: So, in essence, we’re seeing the artist's internal struggle, his second thoughts memorialized? Perhaps even the pentimenti, the regrets? It reminds us that even masterpieces are built on layers of uncertainty. Curator: Precisely. It's a reminder that art, like life, is rarely ever set in stone from the start. Editor: Gives you a shiver, doesn't it? Peeking behind the curtain like this. It certainly changes how I'll look at paintings from now on.