El Greco, Vista y Plano de Toledo

Vista y Plano de Toledo 1610

Museu del Greco Toledo

Vista y Plano de Toledo 1610
detail of the support canvas x-ray image with pattern analyses on top , deciphering the pattern at Lab O

handwoven reconstruction in progress

weave draft generated at Lab O :woven on a loom with 14 shafts and 14 threadles ; repeat of 50 warps and 50 wefts
source: Carmen Garrido ; Cuad. Art. Gr., 40, 2009, 53-6
close analyses of the patterns and generating the weave draft show that the patterns look ‘similar’ but are different!