The pioneer of contouring? X-rays reveal how Hans Holbein altered a painting to give a 'chubby' client more chiselled cheeks

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X-rays and infra-red scans showed that the German-Swiss artist refined the jaw of 23-year-old steelyard merchant Derich Born with each layer of paint.

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The pioneer of contouring? X-rays reveal how Hans Holbein altered a painting to give a 'chubby' client more chiselled cheeks

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