Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice

Plate 23, top. Andrea Mantegna, The
Adoration of the Magi. Distemper on
fine linen, 54 .6 X 69 .2 cm. The). Paul
Getty Museum, Malibu (85.PA. 417 ).

Plate 24, lift. Detail from The Adora­

tion of the Magi, upper lift-hand comer,

showing feathered-out colors on the edges

of the painting, originally under theframe.

The). Paul Getty Museum, Malibu

(85.PA. 417 ).

Plate 25, above. Detail from The Ad­

oration of the Magi, lower edge, show­

ing feathered-out colors on the edges of the

painting, as in Plate 24.