Information and IdeasVery hardEvidence that a portrait was painted from life
Information and Ideas practice question
A historian argues that a famous portrait was painted from life rather than copied from an earlier picture, as some scholars claim.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. X-ray images show that the sitter's pose was changed twice during painting, and the underdrawing records a scar on the sitter's hand that no earlier picture shows.Correct
- B. The portrait is signed by the artist.
- C. The artist and the sitter lived in the same city.
- D. The portrait is larger than the earlier pictures.
Answer: A. X-ray images show that the sitter's pose was changed twice during painting, and the underdrawing records a scar on the sitter's hand that no earlier picture shows.
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Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The portrait is signed by the artist.
- A signature fits either account.
- C. The artist and the sitter lived in the same city.
- Proximity does not show a sitting.
- D. The portrait is larger than the earlier pictures.
- Size does not show a sitting.
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