X-radiograph(s) of "Alfonso d'Este" 

Editor: This is an X-radiograph of "Alfonso d'Este", a portrait by Titian. Seeing beneath the surface like this feels like uncovering secrets. What symbols or hidden stories do you think this image reveals? Curator: The cracks tell a story of time and fragility, almost like wrinkles on a face. An X-ray, in its way, is a potent symbol, revealing what is unseen, inviting us to consider mortality and the hidden layers of identity. The act of seeing is an act of interpretation. What do *you* make of that tension? Editor: I hadn't considered the cracks as symbolic before; it's like a map of the painting's history etched into its very being. Curator: Exactly. It's a reminder that images aren't static; they accumulate meaning and history over time.