There are several copies/versions of the ML thought (this is also a matter of debate) to be painted by Leonardo himself, and the Prado version – unlike the “original” – has been restored with state of the art techniques, and it shows eyebrows.
One thing many people don’t realize is that all those famous paintings looked drastically different at their time, they have faded, yellowed, darkened, and very often have been altered, overpainted, or even cut.
And we’re making fun of Pascal in this context?
There’s a lot of context missing here, the full “conversation” is this: https://imgur.io/gallery/3xT9L5x
There are several copies/versions of the ML thought (this is also a matter of debate) to be painted by Leonardo himself, and the Prado version – unlike the “original” – has been restored with state of the art techniques, and it shows eyebrows.
One thing many people don’t realize is that all those famous paintings looked drastically different at their time, they have faded, yellowed, darkened, and very often have been altered, overpainted, or even cut.
https://brightside.me/articles/16-famous-paintings-that-were-restored-by-talented-professionals-797948/
https://theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2021/jul/03/enjoy-the-restored-night-watch-but-dont-ignore-the-machine-behind-the-rembrandt
I think it’s in reply to a comment made off-screen?