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Slideshow: X-ray reveals secrets of Tintoretto's painting

“Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice” at the MFA.
By GREG COOK  |  March 19, 2009

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Behind Mary, the woman at left, a praying figure has been painted out, and another pair of floating legs has disappeared.
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