Without having to dissect all the finer technical details, it suffices to say that the completed restoration from the original 35 mm film is a stunning masterpiece of digital remastery.

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In fact, the new painting has led experts to speculate that the woman who sat for the Renaissance Masterpiece was in her early 20s - much younger than the Louvre's original appears to show.

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Each Masterpiece is handcrafted over a period of at least two years, working from an original sketch and a wax mold and with rare, fine gemstones, which ultimately forges the three-dimensional works of art.

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"This masterpiece must be reunified, its integrity if you like restored, and done so within its original cultural and historical environment in Athens, " he said.

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