Pulzone Scipione, Ritrato di papa Martino V

Ritrato di papa Martino V

1574

Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano, Roma

painted on a canvas with a complex woven pattern

Papa Martino V
x-ray image, courtesy of Claudio Seccaroni
analyses of the pattern
weave draft
14 shafts
14 treadles
warp 50 ends
weft 46 picks

reconstruction in progress