Transcription: This painting shows Rembrandt's wife Saskia as Flora. And X-rays reveal fundamental changes. On the far right can be discerned a woman wearing a cap. Initially, Rembrandt had a different subject in mind. The story of Judith and Holofernes. His design was loosely based on Rubens' painting of the same subject, now in Brunswick. X-rays respond to white lead and vermilion so that faces, cuffs and colours containing these pigments appear white on the radiograph. X-rays taken by the photographic department of the National Gallery cover a relatively small area, so a large painting must be photographe ...
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