[TOEFL/Writing] Question 1 : Rambrandt's painting

 The writer and the lecturer talked about a Rembrandt's painting, Portrait of an Elderly Woman. The writer mentioned this painting could not be painted by Rembrandt and the lecturer disagreed.

 The first reason that the writer mentioned was that the white linen cap was only for servants and the luxurious fur collar could not be fore servants. However, the lecturer said when seeing an X-ray picture of the painting, it was painted with a simple white collar. Moreover, it was painted over the top of the painting. ~~

 The second reason that the writer mentioned was about Rembrandt's error with detail. His drawing of the facial shadow shouldn't appear like this; the light reflection made the woman's face illuminated, but the collar which was below the face was dark. The lecturer argued that the original painting used a light collar, and it showed a partial shadow on the face.

 The last reason that the writer mentioned was the wood panels. It was painted on glued pieces of wood. However, no paintings by Rembrandt were on many pieces of wood. The lecturer said the original painting was on a single piece of wood. After he drew it, someone wanted to make it huge. ~~

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For second paragraph

- once the fur collar was removed -> the light and shadow appeared correctly

 

For third paragraph

- someone painted later in an attempt to increase its value