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	Michelangelo's earliest painting acquired by Texas museum
JohnWaterman
5-14-2009 1:16 PM
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Painted when he was just 12 or 13, Michelangelo's The Torment of St Anthony is considered a masterpiece.
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5-14-2009 1:41 PM
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yea i can hear the Texans now. "Hell I ain't sure? What do you think at is? Looks like somebody had there head in the gutter ta me? Yea n that gutter went straight ta Hell. You reckon thats a fish, fowl er bug thar? I don't know, I just know it ain't no keeper." HEY lets go see if thay got any paintins by that Vincent Van Goo guy. I find his style most pleesin. Very pleesin indeed"
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Layers of dirt and grime were removed to expose the original oils and colours, while infrared scans and x-rays revealed the changes he made to the work as it progressed. The painting will go on display at the <A href="http://www.metmuseum.org/">Metropolitan Museum of Art</A>, New York, on 15 June 2009</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/may/13/michelangelo-torment-of-saint-anthony?picture=347322467" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/may/13/michelangelo-torment-of-saint-anthony?picture=347322467" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/may/13/michelangelo-torment-of-saint-anthony?picture=347322467"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/80C4C0CD-939B-4FCB-BD81-6F7949CB4BBC" alt="Michelangelo: Infrared reflectogram mosaic of Michelangelo" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/may/13/michelangelo-torment-of-saint-anthony?picture=347322467"><P class="number"></p> <P>An infrared reflectogram</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/may/13/michelangelo-torment-of-saint-anthony?picture=347322467">shows the two types of underdrawing Michelangelo used prior to painting</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/may/13/michelangelo-torment-of-saint-anthony?picture=347322469" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/may/13/michelangelo-torment-of-saint-anthony?picture=347322469" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/may/13/michelangelo-torment-of-saint-anthony?picture=347322469"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/7031BBBC-0768-453E-B965-1E13B2BB50BF" alt="Michelangelo: X-radiograph of Michelangelo, The Torment of Saint Anthony" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/may/13/michelangelo-torment-of-saint-anthony?picture=347322469"><P class="number"></p> <P>An x-ray of the painting, revealing the grain of the poplar panel beneath</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; 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