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Photos: Cutting edge art at the National Gallery
Digital imaging meets ancient masterpiece…

By Tim Ferguson

Published: Friday 16 May 2008

This shows how imaging technology can help conservators working at the National Gallery examine paintings more closely. The image shown is of the head of the Virgin Mary on Leonardo Da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks painting.

Photo credit: Tim Ferguson