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?A Dutch Courtyard? by Pieter de Hooch, a contemporary of Vermeer?s, is scanned at the National Gallery of Art in Washington on June 18, 2021. High-tech scanning techniques used by geologists, planetary scientists, drug companies and the military are revealing secrets of how artists created their masterpieces. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times/Fotoarena)
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